Spectres of the self: thinking about ghosts and ghost-seeing in england, 1750–1920
Auteur :
McCorristine, Shane
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521747967
Date de publication :
22 juil. 2010
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,1 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
460 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
By examining a vast range of sources, this book considers the sheer variety of ideas of ghost-seeing in England from the Reformation to the twentieth century and argues that the ghost ultimately represented a spectre of the self, a symbol of the psychological hauntedness of modern experience.