The place of enchantment : British occultism and the culture of the modern / Alex Owen.

  • Owen, Alex, 1948-
Date:
2004
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Chicago : London : University of Chicago Press, 2004.

Physical description

xiv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Enchantment à la mode -- Culture and the occult at the fin de siècle -- Magicians of the new dawn -- Sexual politics -- Modern enchantment and the consciousness of self -- Occult reality and the fictionalizing mind -- Aleister Crowley in the desert -- After Armageddon -- Occultism and the ambiguities of the modern.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-334) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BV /OWE
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0226642011