Subject: response to Jerome Bertin's query re:
electricity
Dear Mr
Bertin,
There are many references to mesmerism and the history of
hypnotism in PaleFire. The early believers (actually even into
the 20th century) thought that some sort of magnetic &/or electric
phenomenon was at work. I am reading Professor (of Philosophy, University of
Toronto) Ian Hacking's book Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personalities and
the Sciences of Memory. It is a wonderfully unacademic approach to the
history of this psychological oddity, with more than a few literary references,
and you will find there much of interest about theories regarding electricity
and psychology.
Carolyn Kunin
EDITOR's NOTE: The "L Disaster" in
ADA involves the banning of electricity following some unstated catastrophe.
In "The Return of Chorb", electricity and light bulbs have a place as in the
poem "Pale Fire". Other suggestions?
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----- From: <hbertin@free.fr>
> > I am writting a
short essay on VN and Electricity. > > Do you know wether some works
had been written or not on the subject? > > Thanks a lot for your
information. > > Sincerely, > > Jerome
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