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Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond : grappling with ghosts, George M. Johnson, Professor and Chair, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
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- Summary
- "How did people respond to the overwhelming loss of loved ones during the First World War? Many took their lead from iconic early twentieth-century writers, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, J.M. Barrie, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, Wilfred Owen, and Aldous Huxley, among others, who embraced some form of mysticism as a means of coping. These figures had experienced profound losses and even trauma in their early lives, sensitizing them to losses of loved ones during the war and making these writers receptive to the possibility of communicating with spirits. Most of these writers had become fascinated with the work of Frederic Myers and other key psychical researchers regarding potential extensions of personality, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and automatic writing, phenomena which supported the possibility that personality survived death. Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond skilfully weaves psychology, history, psychobiography and literary analysis to show that these writers' engagement with mysticism and spiritualism in particular was not deluded, but at least in some situations constituted a more ethical, creative and therapeutic form of mourning than drawing solace from state-sanctioned representations of mourning such as war memorials"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137332028
- Label
- Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond : grappling with ghosts
- Title
- Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond
- Title remainder
- grappling with ghosts
- Statement of responsibility
- George M. Johnson, Professor and Chair, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
- Subject
-
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General
- Mourning customs in literature
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- PHILOSOPHY / Religious
- Spiritualism in literature
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war
- Mysticism in literature
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "How did people respond to the overwhelming loss of loved ones during the First World War? Many took their lead from iconic early twentieth-century writers, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, J.M. Barrie, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, Wilfred Owen, and Aldous Huxley, among others, who embraced some form of mysticism as a means of coping. These figures had experienced profound losses and even trauma in their early lives, sensitizing them to losses of loved ones during the war and making these writers receptive to the possibility of communicating with spirits. Most of these writers had become fascinated with the work of Frederic Myers and other key psychical researchers regarding potential extensions of personality, including telepathy, clairvoyance, and automatic writing, phenomena which supported the possibility that personality survived death. Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond skilfully weaves psychology, history, psychobiography and literary analysis to show that these writers' engagement with mysticism and spiritualism in particular was not deluded, but at least in some situations constituted a more ethical, creative and therapeutic form of mourning than drawing solace from state-sanctioned representations of mourning such as war memorials"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnson, George M.
- Dewey number
- 820.9/358
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR478.W65
- LC item number
- J64 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World War, 1914-1918
- English literature
- Mourning customs in literature
- Mysticism in literature
- Spiritualism in literature
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- PHILOSOPHY / Religious
- Label
- Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond : grappling with ghosts, George M. Johnson, Professor and Chair, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 898925014
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137332028
- Lccn
- 2015001306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898925014
- Label
- Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond : grappling with ghosts, George M. Johnson, Professor and Chair, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 898925014
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9781137332028
- Lccn
- 2015001306
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898925014
Subject
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- LITERARY CRITICISM / General
- Mourning customs in literature
- English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- PHILOSOPHY / Religious
- Spiritualism in literature
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Literature and the war
- Mysticism in literature
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
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