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Cheryl Spinner

Cheryl Spinner

Instructor of Thompson Writing Program
Thompson Writing Program
cheryl.spinner@duke.edu
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708
Thompson Writing Program, Box 90025, Durham, NC 27708

Scholarly Works

19th-Century Spirit Photography

Journal article · November 22, 2023 AbstractSpirit photography emerges out of the widespread movement of Spiritualism in the 19th century. In 1848, the Fox sisters of upstate New York claimed that the mysterious knockings emanating from the ... Full text Cite

“Enchanted Optics: Excavating the Magical Empirisicms of Holmesian Stereoscopic Sight"

Book section · May 15, 2023 Throughout these essays, the racial practices of the nineteenth century are juxtaposed with literary practices involving some of the most prominent writers about race and identity, such as Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe, as well ... ... Cite

The Spell and the Scalpel: Scientific Sight in Early 3D Photography

Journal article J19: The Journal of Nineteenth-Century Americanists · September 2015 Full text Cite

"Poe's Affective Faces"

Book review Poe Studies - History, Theory, Interpretation Cite