@article{Bonet Safont_2020, title={Professors, Charlatans, and Spiritists: The Stage Hypnotist in Late Nineteenth-Century English Literature}, volume={9}, url={https://cultureandhistory.revistas.csic.es/index.php/cultureandhistory/article/view/182}, DOI={10.3989/chdj.2020.007}, abstractNote={In this paper I will explore the stereotype of the stage hypnotist in fiction literature through the analysis of the novellas <em>Professor Fargo</em> (1874) by Henry James (1843-1916) and <em>Drink: A Love Story on a Great Question (1890)</em> by Hall Caine (1853-1931). Both <em>Professor Fargo</em> and <em>Drink</em> form part of a literary subgenre referred to variously as “Hypnotic Fiction”, “Trance Gothic” or “mesmeric texts”. The objective of my research, which examines both the literary text itself and its historical and social context, is to offer new and interesting data that may contribute to the development of a poetics or theory of the literary subgenre of hypnotic fiction. In this sense, this article is an essential contribution to a broader analysis that I have been working on, focusing on highlighting the generic features of this type of literature by analysing the stereotypes of hypnotists in fiction.}, number={1}, journal={Culture & History Digital Journal}, author={Bonet Safont, Juan Marcos}, year={2020}, month={Jun.}, pages={e007} }