This collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art and history of science which explore the diversity of Victorian fascination with the supernatural: ghosts and fairies, table-rappings and telepathic encounters, occult religions and the idea of reincarnation, visions of the other world and a reality beyond the everyday
These essays demonstrate that the supernatural was not simply a reaction to the post-Darwinian loss of faith, but was embedded in virtually every aspect of Victorian culture.
