Ghosts

Ghosts exist as a means of expressing our concerns for life and death, the passing of time, and the conscious and unconscious minds. The powerful metaphor of haunting has been used as an intellectual tool by writers and thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Derrida in the fields of politics, psychoanalysis and philosophy. Ghosts is the first collection of theoretical essays that interrogates these ghosts, employing a variety of theoretical perspectives to consider the efficacy and use of the concepts of haunting and spectrality as they appear in literature, culture, and theory.

The first collection of theoretical essays that interrogates ghosts, employing a variety of theoretical perspectives to consider the efficacy and use of the concepts of haunting and spectrality as they appear in literature, culture, and theory.

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Positing the idea of the ghost not as a physical presence but as a means of expressing concerns about life and death, the passing of time, and the conscious and unconscious mind, the contributors discuss the powerful metaphor of haunting as it has been used as a metaphorical tool by writers and thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Derrida and in fields ranging from technology to psychoanalysis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter Buse teaches in the English Department at the University of Cardiff.

Andrew Stott is a Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire.