Overview
- Investigates the benefits of employing psychobiography, drawing on the insights of object relations and attachment theory, to show how writers experienced this process and how it enhanced their creativity
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- World War One
- First World War
- Loss
- Mourning
- Mysticism
- Spiritualism
- Ghosts
- Frederic Myers
- Oliver Lodge
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- J.M. Barrie
- Rudyard Kipling
- May Sinclair
- Virginia Woolf
- Wilfred Owen
- Aldous Huxley
- Attachment Theory
- Object Relations Theory
- English literature
- mysticism
- British and Irish Literature
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Reviews
"Johnson uses attachment theory and object relations theory sensitively to explore the ways in which early responses to separation and loss influence writers' visions of art. The use of contemporary psychoanalytic theory is particularly valuable when exploring the literary and cultural implications of bereavement following World War One. To my knowledge, Johnson's book may well be the first to take this approach . Johnson writes clearly and gracefully..." Jeffrey Berman, Professor of English, University at Albany, SUNY, USA
"In Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond, George M. Johnson brings the literature of trauma and loss vividly to life. Johnson deftly reveals the illuminating ways in which a host of British writers drew upon their fascination with mysticism and spiritualism in order to fuel a literary corpus for the ages." Kenneth Womack, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Penn State Altoona, USA
"By resisting commonly held assumptions, Johnson demonstrates the value that mysticism held for literature and life in a post-World War I England experiencing a state of national mourning. In doing so, Johnson makes a revelatory contribution to our understanding of Edwardian and modernist literature." Andrew J. Kunka, Professor of English, University of South Carolina Sumter, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
George M. Johnson is Professor and Chair of the English Department at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. His publications include Dynamic Psychology in Modernist British Fiction, J.D. Beresford, and an award-winning comic play, Still Life With Nudes. His screenplay The Wonder was a finalist in the British Independent Film Festival.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond
Book Subtitle: Grappling with Ghosts
Authors: George M. Johnson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137332035
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-67347-6Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-33203-5Published: 14 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 256
Topics: History of Military, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, British and Irish Literature, Religion and Society, Twentieth-Century Literature