Techniques of Illusion: A Cultural and Media History of Stage Magic in the Late Nineteenth Century

by Katharina Rein

Overview

This book explores stage conjuring during its "Golden Age", from 1860 to 1910.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032220796
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/14/2023
Series:	Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Katharina Rein currently works as a Lecturer in European Media Studies at the University of Potsdam, Germany.

Table of Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Ghosts of the enlightenment. Phantasmagoria

2 Appearing and disappearing. Mirror illusions

3 Bending space and time. The vanish

Entr’acte: Magic and early cinema

4 Techniques of weightlessness. Levitation

5 Codes and signals. Mentalism

Entr’acte: Magic and media around 1900. The Prestige

Concluding remarks

Index