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Richardson, Elsa.

Second sight in the nineteenth centuryprophecy, imagination and nationhood /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Second sight in the nineteenth centuryby Elsa Richardson.
Reminder of title:	prophecy, imagination and nationhood /
Author:	Richardson, Elsa.
Published:	London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2017.
Description:	vii, 260 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	PrecognitionHistory19th century.
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-51970-2
ISBN:	9781137519702$q(electronic bk.)

Second sight in the nineteenth centuryprophecy, imagination and nationhood /
Richardson, Elsa.

Second sight in the nineteenth centuryprophecy, imagination and nationhood /[electronic resource] :by Elsa Richardson. - London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :2017. - vii, 260 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Palgrave studies in literature, science and medicine. - Palgrave studies in literature, science and medicine..

Introduction -- Chapter One: Second Sight and the Creation of the Highlands -- Chapter Two: Mesmerism, Phrenology and Supernatural History -- Chapter Three: Primitive Spiritualism and Origin Stories -- Chapter Four: Psychical Research, Folklore and Romance -- Chapter Five: Research in the Field: Ada Goodrich Freer and Fiona Macleod -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores the phenomenon of second sight in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Second sight is a form of prophetic vision associated with the folklore of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Described in Gaelic as the An-da-shealladh or 'the two sights', those in possession of this extraordinary power are said to foresee future events like the death of neighbour, the arrival of strangers into the community, the success or failure of a fishing trip. From the late seventeenth century onwards, rumours of this strange faculty attracted the attention of numerous scientists, travel writers, antiquarians, poets and artists. Focusing on the nineteenth century, this book examines second sight in relation to mesmerism and phrenology, modern spiritualism and anthropology, romance literature and folklorism and finally, psychical research and Celtic mysticism. Tracing the migration of a supposedly 'Scottish' tradition through various sites of nineteenth-century popular culture, it explores questions of nationhood and identity alongside those posed by supernatural phenomena.

ISBN: 9781137519702$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-51970-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

787602
Precognition
--History--19th century.

LC Class. No.: BF1341 / .R53 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 133.32

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