Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond Grap
This book traces how iconic writers - including Arthur Conan Doyle, J.M. Barrie, Rudyard Kipling, Virginia Woolf, Wilfred Owen, and Aldous Huxley - shaped their response to the loss of loved ones in the First World War through their embrace of mysticism.
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Mourning and Mysticism in First World War Literature and Beyond Grappling with Ghosts George M. Johnson Professor and Chair, English and Modern Languages Department Thompson Rivers University, Canada
© George Malcolm Johnson 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-67347-6 ISBN 978-1-137-33203-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-33203-5 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Johnson, George M. (George Malcolm), 1961– Mourning and mysticism in First World War literature and beyond: grappling with ghosts / George M. Johnson, Professor and Chair, Thompson Rivers University, Canada. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. World War, 1914–1918 – Great Britain – Literature and the war. 2. English literature – 20th century – History and criticism. 3. Mourning customs in literature. 4. Mysticism in literature. 5. Spiritualism in literature. I. Title. PR478.W65J64 2015 820.9'358–dc23 2015001306 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
Dedicated to my father George James Johnson And in memory of Andrew Brink (1932–2011)
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Contents List of Illustrations
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Preface and Acknowledgments
x
Introduction: Attachment, Mourning, and Mysticism
1
1 F. W. H. Myers: Loss and the Obsessive Study of Survival
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2 Spirit Soldiers: Oliver Lodge’s Raymond and Christopher
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3 From Parodist to Proselytizer: Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Vital Message”
86
4 “We
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