Ghostly communion : cross-cultural spiritualism in nineteenth-century American literature / John J. Kucich.

SeriesReencounters with colonialism--new perspectives on the Americas
Reencounters with colonialism--new perspectives on the Americas. ^A389969
Contents Introduction : the Pueblo revolt, the Salem witchcraft trials, and cross-cultural spiritualism -- Around Rochester : spiritualism, reform, and Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the life of a slave girl -- Public spirits : spiritualism in American periodicals, 1848-1861 -- The politics of heaven : the ghost dance, The gates ajar, and Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven -- Spirits in the contact zone : spiritualism and local color writing -- Spirit nation : spiritualism and national ideology in Henry James's The Bostonians and Pauline Hopkins's Of one blood -- Conclusion : the poetics and politics of spiritualism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [157]-186) and index.
LCCN 2004010718
ISBN1584654325 (alk. paper)
ISBN1584654333 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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