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The author launches her account with a portrait of Mesmer and places his views in the context of eighteenth-century thought. She then explores the significance of Mesmer's ideas and studies their influence on nineteenth-century German, French, and American writers. In conclusion, she examines the ways in which modern authors absorbed and reshaped the mesmerist legacy bequeathed to them by earlier generations.
Whether discussing the electrical energy vibrating through Kleist's dramas, the electrical heat radiating from Hoffmann's figures, the streams of magnetic fluid coursing through Balzac's novels, or the magnetic chain of humanity linking Hawthorne's characters, Professor Tatar recaptures the meaning of ideas, motifs, and metaphors often overlooked by literary critics. Her study illuminates, in a remarkable way, the subtle connections between science, psychology, and literature.
Originally published in 1978.
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Contents, pg. vii
List of Illustrations, pg. viii
Preface, pg. ix
1. From Mesmer to Freud: Animal Magnetism, Hypnosis, and Suggestion, pg. 1
2. Salvation by Electricity: Science, Poetry, and "Naturphilosophie", pg. 45
3. Thunder, Lightning, and Electricity: Moments of Recognition in Heinrich von Kleist's Dramas, pg. 82
4. Blindness and Insight: Visionary Experience in the Tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann, pg. 121
5. The Metaphysics of the Will: Voyeurs and Visionaries in Balzac's "Comédie humaine", pg. 152
6. Masters and Slaves: The Creative Process in Hawthorne's Fiction, pg. 189
7. From Science Fiction to Psychoanalysis: Henry James's "Bostonians," D. H. Lawrence's "Women in Love," and Thomas Mann's "Mario and the Magician", pg. 230
Appendix. Mesmer's Propositions, pg. 273
Index, pg. 277
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