Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction Hardcover - 2016
by J. Cadwallader
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Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction argues that supernatural encounters in nineteenth-century fiction show Victorians trying to achieve greater spiritual agency by adapting scientific theories to traditional Christianity. The increasing presence of ghosts across the nineteenth century - in fiction, newspaper accounts, sances, and magic shows - thus highlights a significant countercurrent to the general decline of faith during the period. Through examining ghost encounters in the fiction of Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Rhoda Broughton, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, and others, this book demonstrates how the supernatural served as a site where a range of stances toward spirituality could be tested: from ambivalence toward both scientific and religious epistemologies to fascinating instances of spiritual evolution. Not only do fictional ghosts suggest that belief persisted despite an intellectual climate that often associated spirituality with credulity, but they also illustrate the way faith adapted to scientific innovation and evolved to encompass new theories regarding the mind.
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- Title Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction
- Author J. Cadwallader
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 209
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Palgrave MacMillan
- Date 2016-01-22
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9781137559920 / 1137559926
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.56 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.42 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects English fiction - 19th century - History and, Literature and society - England - History -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015028110
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.809
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