The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology
From Le Fanu to James
Seiten
2018
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1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-80754-6 (ISBN)
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-80754-6 (ISBN)
This book argues that theology is central to an understanding of the literary ghost story. Victorian ghost stories have traditionally been read in the context of agnosticism - as stories which reveal a society struggling with Christian orthodoxy in a new 'Enlightened' world. This book, however, uses theological ideas from St Augustine through to modern theologians to identify a theological journey taken by the protagonists of such stories, and charts each stage of this journey through the short stories it examines. It also proposes a theory of reader participation which creates an imaginary space in which modern epistemology is suspended. The book studies the work of four major authors of the supernatural tale: Arthur Machen, M.R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Henry James.
Zoë Lehmann Imfeld is Lecturer in Modern English Literature at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She is co-editor of the volume Theology and Literature after Postmodernity.
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- 1. 'Strangely mistaking death for life': Arthur Machen.- 2. 'What is this that I have done?': M.R. James.- 3. 'These devils have made quite a saint of you.': Sheridan Le Fanu.- 4. 'He's there from the moment he knows somebody else is.': Haunted by Paralysis in the Stories of Henry James.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.- Index.
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.07.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | X, 188 p. 1 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 2653 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Schlagworte | Arthur Machen • British and Irish Literature • Gothic • Henry James • M R James • Religion • Sheridan Le Fanu • Supernatural |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-80754-4 / 3319807544 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-80754-6 / 9783319807546 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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