Spirits and spirituality in Victorian fiction /

Spirits and spirituality in Victorian fiction /

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Author / Creator:	Cadwallader, Jen, 1979- author.
Imprint:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ©2016
Description:	209 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Ghost stories, English -- History and criticism. Psychological fiction, English -- History and criticism. Supernatural in literature. Ghosts in literature. Supernatural -- History -- 19th century. Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century. English fiction. Ghost stories, English. Ghosts in literature. Literature and society. Psychological fiction, English. Supernatural. Supernatural in literature. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10512239

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ISBN:	9781137559920 1137559926
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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, séances, 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 "--

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