Elsa Richardson: 1 book

Book cover of Second Sight in the Nineteenth Century

Second Sight in the Nineteenth Century

Prophecy, Imagination and Nationhood

by Elsa Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017

This book explores the phenomenon of second sight in nineteenth-century literature and culture. Second sight is a form of prophetic vision associated with the folklore of the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Described in Gaelic as the An-da-shealladh or ‘the two sights’, those in possession of...
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