The Democratisation of the Spook: W. T. Stead and the Invention of Public Occultism

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Abstract

Contribution to a collection of essays published by the British Library marking the centenary of the death of controversial late-Victorian journalist W. T. Stead, the chapter traces the different strategies Stead used in publicising spiritualism to a mass audience.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationW. T. Stead: Newspaper Revolutionary
EditorsL Brake, Ed King, Roger Luckhurst, James Mussell
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherThe British Library
Pages149-165
Number of pages16
Edition1st
ISBN (Print)0712358668, 978-0712358668
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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