Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations viii
4. Preface ix
5. 1. From Mesmer to Freud: Animal Magnetism, Hypnosis, and Suggestion 1
6. 2. Salvation by Electricity: Science, Poetry, and “Naturphilosophie” 45
7. 3. Thunder, Lightning, and Electricity: Moments of Recognition in Heinrich von Kleist's Dramas 82
8. 4. Blindness and Insight: Visionary Experience in the Tales of E.T.A. Hoffmann 121
9. 5. The Metaphysics of the Will: Voyeurs and Visionaries in Balzac’s “Comédie humaine” 152
10. 6. Masters and Slaves: The Creative Process in Hawthorne’s Fiction 189
11. 7. From Science Fiction to Psychoanalysis: Henry James’s “Bostonians,” D. H. Lawrence’s “Women in Love,” and Thomas Mann’s “Mario and the Magician” 230
12. Appendix. Mesmer’s Propositions 273
13. Index 277
14. Backmatter 303