Dumbstruck : a cultural history of ventriloquism / Steven Connor.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

viii, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-435) and index.

PART I: POWERS: What I say goes -- PART II: PROPHECIES: Earth, breath, frenzy: the Delphic Oracle -- Origen, Eustathius, and the Witch of Endor -- PART III: POSSESSIONS: Hoc est corpus -- The exorcism of John Darrell -- O, that 'Oh' is the Devill: Glover and Harsnett -- PART IV: PRODIGIES: Miracles and mutilations -- Speaking parts: Diderot and Les Bijoux indiscrets -- The Abbe and the Ventriloque -- The dictates of phrenzy: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland -- PART V: POLYPHONICS: Ubiquitarical -- At home and abroad: Alexandre and Mr. Matthews -- Phenomena in the philosophy of sound: Mr. Love -- Writing the voice -- PART VI: PROSTHETICS: Vocal reinforcement -- Talking heads, automation ears -- A gramophone in every grave -- PART VII: NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT: No time life the present.