The Foreign Review

The Foreign Review
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Total Pages : 582
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433081676151
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Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

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Garrett and the English Muse

Garrett and the English Muse
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Publisher : Tamesis
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 0729301451
ISBN-13 : 9780729301459
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Garrett and the English Muse by : Lia Noêmia Rodrigues Correia Raitt

The Bibliographer

The Bibliographer
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Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044083141986
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Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

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European Literatures in Britain, 18–15–1832: Romantic Translations

European Literatures in Britain, 18–15–1832: Romantic Translations
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781108426411
ISBN-13 : 1108426417
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis European Literatures in Britain, 18–15–1832: Romantic Translations by : Diego Saglia

Sheds new light on the presence and impact of Continental European literary traditions in post-Napoleonic Britain.

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Complete Edition: Volume 1-3)

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Complete Edition: Volume 1-3)
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Publisher : DigiCat
Total Pages : 638
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ISBN-10 : EAN:8596547718369
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Synopsis Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (Complete Edition: Volume 1-3) by : Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 627
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4057664094612
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Synopsis Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by : Charles Mackay

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is a study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay. The subjects of Mackay's debunking include witchcraft, alchemy, crusades, duels, economic bubbles, fortune-telling, haunted houses, the Drummer of Tedworth, the influence of politics and religion on the shapes of beards and hair, magnetizers (influence of imagination in curing disease), murder through poisoning, prophecies, popular admiration of great thieves, popular follies of great cities, and relics. Contents: Volume 1: National Delusions: The Mississippi Scheme The South Sea Bubble The Tulipomania Relics Modern Prophecies Popular Admiration for Great Thieves Influence of Politics and Religion on the Hair and Beard Duels and Ordeals The Love of the Marvellous and the Disbelief of the True Popular Follies in Great Cities Old Price Riots The Thugs, or Phansigars Volume 2: Peculiar Follies: The Crusades The Witch Mania The Slow Poisoners Haunted Houses Volume 3: Philosophical Delusions : The Alchemysts Fortune Telling The Magnetisers