Table of Contents

Contents Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction 'The elsewheres of my mind' Part One The Beaufort, Bristol Cookham - 'my paradise' The outbreak of war The Hellish Underworld of the Beaufort Through the gates of hell A blessed state of servility' 'This vile place' 'Christ visiting Hell' Stanley's progress as an artist at Beaufort 'A rejoicing criminal' - leaving Bristol End notes Part Two The Balkans A spiritual world 100066 Private Spencer, Stanley, orderly RAMC Drawn back to the front 41812 Private Spencer, C Coy, Berkshire Regt Transfiguration: Stanley as official war artist End notes Part Three Burghclere The Holy Box End notes Descent into Hell - 'imagining Beaufort' The underworld of the lower register Washing and cleaning: objects and distortion Sorting and carrying: the logic of the narrative Beds and butter: the later predellas End notes Khaki and camping Endnotes Resurrection: 'God in the real bare things' 'All the Sydneys who died' 'Everyone suddenly burst out singing' Christ in No-Man's-Land A habit of threes Composite, but unified End notes Conclusion: 'Slicing bread and talking to God'

About the Author

Author biography: Paul Gough, painter, broadcaster and writer, is Dean of the Bristol School of Art, Media and Design at the University of the West of England. His research interests lie in the processes and iconography of commemoration, the visual culture of the Great War, and the representation of peace and conflict in the 20th/21st centuries.