Spectres of the self

thinking about ghosts and ghost-seeing in England, 1750-1920

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21st century
Language: English

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"Spectres of the Self is a fascinating study of the rich cultures surrounding the experience of seeing ghosts in England from the Reformation to the twentieth century. Shane McCorristine examines a vast range of primary and secondary sources, showing how ghosts, apparitions, and hallucinations were imagined, experienced, and debated from the pages of fiction to the case reports of the Society for Psychical Research. By analysing a broad range of themes from telepathy and ghost-hunting to the notion of dreaming while awake and the question of why ghosts wore clothes, Dr McCorristine reveals the sheer variety of ideas of ghost seeing in English society and culture. He shows how the issue of ghosts remained dynamic despite the advance of science and secularism and argues that the ghost ultimately represented a spectre of the self, a symbol of the psychological hauntedness of modern experience"-- Provided by publisher.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Parapsychology and psychical research, and Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition.

Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the subtitle, “Ghosts” in the subtitle, “Apparitions” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).
- “ghosts”· via Wellcome Collection
- “ghost”· in subtitle
- “Ghosts”· in subtitle
- “Apparitions”· in description
- “ghost”· in description
- “Ghosts”· in description
Parapsychology and psychical research
Retained metadata contains “Psychical research” in the description and “Parapsychology” in the subject metadata.
- “Psychical research”· in description
- “Parapsychology”· in subject
Telepathy, clairvoyance, and precognition
Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “telepathy”. Retained metadata contains “Telepathy” in the description.
- “telepathy”· via Wellcome Collection
- “Telepathy”· in description

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
thinking about ghosts and ghost-seeing in England, 1750-1920 Wellcome Collection bibliographic record x, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm	2010	Cambridge University Press	English	9780521747967 9780521767989 0521747961 0521767989	Catalog record	Wellcome Collection (opens in a new tab)