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1 online resource (viii, 449 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
This book provides a history of ventriloquism and the disembodied voice. It tracks the subject from its beginnings through early Christian writers, the voice in mysticism witchcraft and the figure of the ventriloquist |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-435) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Ventriloquism -- History
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Ventriloquism -- Social aspects
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Ventriloquism
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Bauchreden
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Buikspreken.
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Culturele aspecten.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1280444924 |
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9781280444920 |
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9780191674204 |
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0191674206 |
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9786610444922 |
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6610444927 |
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9780191541841 |
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0191541842 |
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