Hi Isobel,
There are clear connections between the spectral in modernist fiction, the Freudian notion of the uncanny and mysticism.
David Punter's book GOTHIC MODERNISMS might be a good starting point.
'Ghost' fiction also lends itself well to the short story genre. My book MODERNIST SHORT FICTION BY WOMEN includes a chapter on the uncanny in modernism which focuses on May Sinclair's Uncanny Stories sequence and Virginia Woolf's short fiction. There are clear similarities between Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Masque of the Red Death' and Woolf's early essay 'A Dance in Queen's Gate' (in A PASSIONATE APPRENTICE). Her stories 'A Haunted House' and 'The Mysterious Case of Miss V' also make interesting reading.
Rebeccah Kinnamon Neff wrote two articles on Sinclair's mysticism, her likely influence on T. S. Eliot and her 'Uncanny Stories as Metaphysical Quest'. From memory, I believe these both appeared in ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION.
Hope this helps!
BW
Claire.
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Subject: [BAMS] Ghosts in Modernism
Hello,
I am an MA Student at Loughborough conducting some research on Ghost-related fiction and was wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of any texts that discuss the use of the spectral in Modernist fiction. I appreciate this may be an odd subject, but any ideas would be very much appreciated.
Isobel Farley.
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