Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-55992-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 421 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cadwallader, J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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