Ghostly Communion: Cross-Cultural Spiritualism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature PDF
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Ghostly Communion Reencounters with Colonialism: New Perspectives on the Americas dartmouth college series editors Agnes Lugo-Ortiz Donald E.Pease Ivy Schweitzer Silvia Spitta Frances R.Aparicio and Susana Chávez- Carlton Smith,Coyote Kills John Wayne: Silverman,eds.,Tropicalizations: Trans- Postmodernism and Contemporary Fictions cultural Representations of Latinidad of the Transcultural Frontier Michelle Burnham, Captivity and Senti- C.L.R.James,Mariners, Renegades and ment: Cultural Exchange in American Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville Literature, – and the World We Live In,with an intro- duction by Donald E.Pease Colin G.Calloway,ed.,After King Philip’s War: Presence and Persistence in Indian Ruth Mayer,Artificial Africas: Colonial New England Images in the Times of Globalization Carla Gardina Pestana and Sharon V. 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Kucich Dartmouth College Press Hanover, New Hampshire Published by University Press of New England • Hanover and London Dartmouth College Press Published by University Press of New England, One Court Street,Lebanon,NH www.upne.com © by Dartmouth College Press Printed in the United States of America All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means,including storage and retrieval systems,without permission in writing from the publisher,except by a reviewer,who may quote brief passages in a review.Members of educational institutions and organizations wishing to photocopy any of the work for class- room use,or authors and publishers who would like to obtain permission for any of the mate- rial in the work,should contact Permissions,University Press of New England,One Court Street,Lebanon,NH . Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kucich,John. Ghostly communion: cross-cultural spiritualism in nineteenth-century Amer- ican literature / JohnJ.Kucich p. cm.—(Reencounters with colonialism—new perspectives on the Amer- icas) Includes bibliographical references and index. ‒‒‒ (cloth : alk.paper)— ‒‒‒ (pbk.: alk. paper) .American literature—th century—History and criticism.. Spiritualism in literature.. Spiritualism—United States—History—th century..Litera- ture and spiritualism—United States.. Intercultural communication in litera- ture..Occultism in literature..Culture in literature..Ghosts in literature. I.Title.II.Series. .k .′—dc For Christopher and Alexander, and for Monica Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Pueblo Revolt, the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and Cross-Cultural Spiritualism xi Chapter .Around Rochester: Spiritualism,Reform,and Harriet Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Chapter .Public Spirits: Spiritualism in American Periodicals, – Chapter .The Politics of Heaven: The Ghost Dance,The Gates Ajar,and Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven Chapter .Spirits in the Contact Zone: Spiritualism and Local Color Writing Chapter .Spirit Nation: Spiritualism and National Ideology in Henry James’s The Bostoniansand Pauline Hopkins’s Of One Blood Conclusion: The Poetics and Politics of Spiritualism Notes Works Cited Index Acknowledgments (cid:2) For her wisdom and encouragement at the inception of this book and at every step of its writing,I wish to thank Elizabeth Ammons.Carol Flynn was also an invaluable resource and enthusiastic supporter from the beginning. Linda Bamber,John Brooke,Patricia Rodriguez,and Kathleen Brogan offered generous and insightful comments on parts or all of the manuscript. Lee Edelman,David Cavitch,Kevin Dunn,and many others made Tufts Univer- sity a warm and exciting place in which to pursue scholarly work. I wish to also thank the many people who’ve mixed the roles of friend and colleague along the way.Madhavi Menon and Christian Sheridan have been steadfast supporters and cheerful critics,as have,at different moments,Ted Munter,Kirk Wulf,Mark Santa Maria,Simon Holzapfel,Min Song,Robin DeRosa,Carmen Lowe,Melissa Baker,Sean Desilets,Ed Caldwell,Valerie Rohy,George Layng,Sophia Cantave,and Amelia Katanski. Throughout this project,the staffof the Tisch library at Tufts were invari- ably patient and resourceful,and I am grateful to the American Antiquarian Society for guiding me through their collection.At University Press of New England,Phyllis Deutsch has been an immensely encouraging and efficient editor. I have benefited enormously from Jeffrey Weinstock’s thoughtful criticism of the manuscript and from Leslie Cohen’s meticulous reading of my prose. My family and friends have followed this work with great patience and good humor; I owe them a deep debt.I owe the deepest to my wife,Monica, who has kept it in perspective and made it all possible.
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