Morena Corradi
Staging the Uncanny: Phantasmagoria in Post-Unification Italy
Image & Narrative, N. 1, Vol. 13, Leuven 2012.
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The present text discusses the separation between the natural sciences and the public sphere around the end of the 19th century, focusing on popular shows in which spirits are evoked with technical media. The main focus is on the theatrical spectacles in the Milanese Radegonda Theatre, in which scientists, magicians and magnetists shared the stage. In Italy, these phantasmagorias were closely related to the political rhetoric of that time, as can be gathered from the discourse in political journals of the 1860-1870s in Italy.
Language
English
