Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture by Daniel Pick (English) P

Description: Svengali's Web by Daniel Pick Svengali, the malevolent hypnotist in a sensationally successful novel published by George du Maurier in 1894, became such a well-known character in the culture of the period that his name entered the dictionary as one who exerts a malign persuasiveness on another. This book explores the origins and impact of Svengali and his helplessly mesmerized female victim Trilby in an age already rife with discussions of race, influence, and the unconscious mind.Daniel Pick points out that Svengali was a Jew as well as a dangerous hypnotist; his depiction struck a chord not only with pervasive nineteenth-century forebodings about irrational interpersonal forces and psychic contacts but also with prevalent anti-Semitic assumptions. He shows how Svengali became the quintessential dark hypnotist of the fin de siècle, whose image was recycled in pictures, drama, verse, and films. Pick not only discusses the work of mesmerists, hypnotists, and critics of entrancement but also relates tales of surrogate passion and psychological foreboding that feature opera singer Jenny Lind, composer Richard Wagner, politician Benjamin Disraeli, novelist Henry James, and others. The book identifies and illuminates a psychological and historical preoccupation-a cluster of Victorian ideas and images, fears and fantasies of psychic invasion and racial hypnosis that crystallized in the figure and phenomenon of Svengali. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Daniel Pick is a psychoanalyst and Professor of Cultural History at Queen Mary, University of London, and the author of War Machine: The Rationalisation of Slaughter in the Modern Age, published by Yale University Press. He is an editor of History Workshop Journal. Details ISBN0300213832 Author Daniel Pick Publisher Yale University Press ISBN-10 0300213832 ISBN-13 9780300213836 Format Paperback Imprint Yale University Press Subtitle The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture Country of Publication United States Short Title SVENGALIS WEB Language English Media Book Residence ENK Affiliation Birkbeck, University of London DEWEY 823.8 Year 2014 Place of Publication New Haven Pages 296 AU Release Date 2014-09-23 NZ Release Date 2014-09-23 US Release Date 2014-09-23 Publication Date 2014-09-23 UK Release Date 2014-09-23 Illustrations 36 b-w illus. Alternative 9780300082043 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:88767625;

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