Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture by Daniel Pick
Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture

Daniel Pick

Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture

Daniel Pick

296 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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Daniel Pick points out that Svengali was a Jew as well as a dangerous hypnotist; his depiction struck a chord not only with pervasive nineteenth-century forebodings about irrational interpersonal forces and psychic contacts but also with prevalent...

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