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Zeugnisse des Okkulten

Literatur und Esoterik im Wiener Fin de Siècle

by Kira Kaufmann

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  • 21st century
  • Language: German
  • Content type: Fiction
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This study examines the interactions between literature and occultism in Vienna around 1900. For the first time, it examines a comprehensive and disparate corpus of texts and asks how philological work relates to a worldview in which nothing is accidental and everything is meaningful. Occult knowledge operates in the realm of "border science": It intrudes into authorized areas and pushes the conventional boundaries of science, society, politics, and art. In short, it affects the self-image of a modern, progressive life around 1900. Literature is just one artistic form of expression among many in which boundaries are explored and pushed. At the heart of this study are nine thematic complexes that make the occult tangible in its everyday manifestations through a variety of literary and non-literary texts.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from doab and k10plus matched “esotericism”, “occultism”, and “Okkultismus”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the description, “Occultism” in the description, “Esotericism” in the subject metadata, and 4 additional metadata match(es).

    • “esotericism”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “occultism”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Okkultismus”· via K10plus Union Catalog
    • “occult”· in description
    • “Occultism”· in description
    • “Esotericism”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from doab and oapen matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Anthroposophy” in the subject metadata and “Theosophy” in the subject metadata.

    • “Theosophy”· via Directory of Open Access Books
    • “Theosophy”· via OAPEN Library
    • “Anthroposophy”· in subject
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Retained metadata contains “Satanism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Satanism”· in subject
  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Retained metadata contains “seance” in the subject metadata.

    • “seance”· in subject

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Literatur und Esoterik im Wiener Fin de Siècle

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551; Wien

2025Brill; BöhlauGerman
  • 9783205221302
  • 9783205221319
  • 3205221303
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