Haunted Britain : spiritualism, psychical research and the Great War /

Haunted Britain offers a new emotional and cultural history of the Great War as told through the spiritualist and psychical research movements between 1914 and 1939.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Falcon, Kyle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Manchester : Manchester University Press [2023].
Series:	Cultural history of modern war.
Subjects:	Spiritualism > Great Britain > History > 20th century. Parapsychology > Research > Great Britain > History > 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 > Psychological aspects.

Table of Contents:

1 Prophecies of war and peace: spiritualism and the new millennium
2 A psychic laboratory : numinous experiences and spiritualism on the Great War's battlefield
3 An empire of sensation : telepathy, crisis apparitions and the moment of death on the home front
4 Living with the ghosts of war : death and mourning in the séance room
5 The army of the living dead : spirit photography and the public denial of death.