Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition by Butler, A.

Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230223394)

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Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition by Butler, A.

Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition

$139.99
Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition by Butler, A.

Victorian Occultism and the Making of Modern Magic: Invoking Tradition

$139.99
Format: Hardcover
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The late Victorian period witnessed the remarkable revival of magical practice and belief. Butler examines the individuals, institutions and literature associated with this revival and demonstrates how Victorian occultism provided an alternative to the tightening camps of science and religion in a social environment that nurtured magical beliefs.

Author: A. Butler
ISBN-10: 0230223397
ISBN-13: 9780230223394
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2011
Pages: 225
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d

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Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 7
By A. Butler
By A. Butler
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ALISON BUTLER lecturer at St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, and a social and cultural historian specializing in nineteenth-century Britain. Her research interests include the history of magic and its intersection with science and religion. She has published on these topics and has received fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Rothermere Foundation.

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