Pre-Raphaelites in the Spirit World (Record no. 67113)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781789974423
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : International Book Distributors
Distributor address : Flat No.- 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 122509
Bill Date : 18/02/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 133.9 BUL
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Bullen, J. B.
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Personal name ; White, Rosalind.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Pre-Raphaelites in the Spirit World
Remainder of title : The Séance Diary of William Michael Rossetti.
Statement of responsibility, etc /J. B. Bullen.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Peter Lang
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2022.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent viii, 169p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 4588
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This is a new and scholarly study of William Michael Rossetti’s séance diary, which is a fascinating first-hand source for the Rossetti brothers in the 1860s and offers a new perspective on the relationship between the Pre-Raphaelite circle and the spiritualist world.»<br/>(Jan Marsh)<br/><br/>«As quirky and unsettling as the table-turnings it documents, this meticulously edited and annotated séance diary features guest-appearances from the spirits of John Polidori, Elizabeth Siddal and Gabriele Rossetti, among many notable others. Essential reading for anyone interested in the Pre-Raphaelites, Spiritualism, and the Victorian paranormal.»<br/>(Dinah Roe, Reader in Nineteenth Century Literature, Oxford Brookes University)<br/><br/>William Michael Rossetti’s séance diary is a remarkable document in both the history of Pre-Raphaelitism and nineteenth-century spiritualism. In this previously unpublished manuscript, Rossetti meticulously recorded twenty séances between 1865 and 1868. The original motive was the death, in 1862, of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s wife, Elizabeth Siddal. He felt a profound sense of guilt about her and began these séances to reassure himself that she was happy in the afterlife. Messages came from many spirits within the Pre-Raphaelite circle and provide an unprecedented record of spiritualist activity in the late nineteenth century. Questions and answers fill the pages of the diary, many of them communicating uncannily accurate information or details that could be known only to the participants.<br/><br/>This book also includes another unpublished document showing spiritualism in action. It comprises a long letter to Dante Gabriel Rossetti written in 1856 from the artist and spiritualist medium Anna Mary Howitt recounting her interactions with the spirit world and her (sometimes violent) experiences as she became aware of the extent of her psychic powers. Both sections of this book provide an original insight into the cult of spiritualism and throw considerable light on the interactions between members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle and beyond.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Pre- Raphaelites
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element The Seance Diary
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Spirit World
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Personal name J. B. Bullen
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    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 24/02/2026 International Book Distributors 4588.00 1 133.9 BUL 31350 07/12/2026 04/11/2026 04/11/2026 24/02/2026 Books
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