Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction

J. Cadwallader (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

209 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-71937-2 (ISBN)

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As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes.

Jen Cadwallader is Associate Professor of English at Randolph-Macon College, USA.

Introduction: Framing the Ghost Story
1. Physiology, Pharmacology, and the Ghost Stories of J. S. Le Fanu
2. Dickens's Ghosts and the Christmas Spirit
3. The Anatomy of Desire: Madness, Mesmerism, and the Specters of Female Sexuality
4. Mourning the Dead and the Rise of the New Faith
Coda: Cecilia De Noël a nd the Triumph of Experience

Erscheinungsdatum	20.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	XI, 209 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Charles Dickens • Fiction • Rudyard Kipling • Spirituality • Victorian Era
ISBN-10	1-349-71937-4 / 1349719374
ISBN-13	978-1-349-71937-2 / 9781349719372
Zustand	Neuware