Femininity and Authorship in Spiritual Séances, 1850-1930
by
Claudie Massicotte
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2017
Few people know that Susanna Moodie participated in spiritual séances with her husband, Dunbar, and her sister, Catharine Parr Traill. Moodie, like many other women, found in her communications with the departed an important space to question her commitment to authorship and her understanding of femininity....