Spiritualism in fiction

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This article provides a selected list of fictional stories in which Spiritualism features as an important plot element. The list omits passing mentions.

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Written works

Movies

Television

Further reading

References

  1. Young, Adrian van. 'Why Spiritualism Persists in our Fictions and Culture', from Literary Hub
  2. Sloan, Elizabeth. The Treatment of the Supernatural in Poe and Hawthorne. Ithaca: Cornell, 1930.
  3. Armstrong, Isobel (1964). "Browning's Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"". Victorian Poetry. 2 (1): 1–9. JSTOR   40001240.
  4. Vanderbilt, Kermit (1965). ""The Undiscovered Country": Howells' Version of American Pastoral". American Quarterly. 17 (4): 634–655. doi:10.2307/2711124. JSTOR   2711124.
  5. Wolstenholme, Susan. 'Possession and Personality: Spiritualism in The Bostonians', in American Literature, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Jan. 1978), pp. 580-591
  6. Christopher Kasparek, "Prus' Pharaoh: Primer on Power", pp. 332-33.
  7. 'Wells Explores the World of Spirits'. H G Wells, in New York Times Magazine, 25 December 1927
  8. 'A Story of Psychic Mystery', New York Times review, 27 May 1905, p 23
  9. 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Victorian Spiritualism', from The Victorian Web
  10. Redmond, Moira. 'Is anybody there? The creepiest seance stories to read this Halloween', The Guardian, 31 October, 2016
  11. Willis, Chris. Making the Dead Speak: Spiritualism and Detective Fiction (2000)
  12. Gardner, Lyn. 'Blithe Spirit and theatre as seance: the lasting appeal of spiritualism on stage', in The Guardian, 4 March 2014
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  14. Sword, Helen (1995). "H. D.'s Majic Ring". Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 14 (2): 347–362. doi:10.2307/463904. JSTOR   463904.
  15. Baldanza, Frank (1965). "Muriel Spark and the Occult". Wisconsin Studies in Contemporary Literature. 6 (2): 190–203. doi:10.2307/1207258. JSTOR   1207258.
  16. Johnson, Jennifer Anne. 'Beyond belief : the crisis of faith in A.S. Byatt's fiction' in Journal of English Studies, Vol 10 (2012)
  17. Kontou, Tatiana (2009). "Queering the Séance: Sarah Waters' Affinity". Spiritualism and Women's Writing. pp. 172–198. doi:10.1057/9780230240797_7. ISBN   978-1-349-29915-7.
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  19. Black, Michelle, Sèance in Sepia. Five Star. ISBN   978-1432825485.