Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism

Part I -- Powers: 1- What I Say Goes ; Part II -- Prophecies: 2- Earth, Breath, Frenzy: The Delphic Oracle, 3- Origen, Eustathius, and The Witch of Endor Part III -- Possessions: 4- Hoc Est Corpus, 5- The Exorcism of John Darrell, 6- O, that Oh is the Devill: Glover and Harsnett ; Part IV -- Prodigies: 7- Miracles and the Encyclopedie, 8- Speaking Parts: Diderot and Les Bijoux indiscrets, 9- The Abbe and the Ventriloque, 10- The Dictate of Phrenzy: Charles Brockden Brown's Wieland ; Part V -- Polyphonics : 11- Ubiquitarical, 12- At Home and Abroad: Monsieur Alexandre and Mr Matthews, 13- Phenomena in the Philosophy of Sound: Mr Love, 14- Writing the Voice ; Part VI -- Prosthetics: 15- Vocal Reinforcement, 16- Talking Heads Automaton Ears, 17- A Gramophone in Every Grave ; Part VII -- No Time Like the Present: 18- No Time Like the Present -- Works Cited -- Index.