The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology : From Le Fanu to James Paperback / softback
by ZOE LEHMANN IMFELD
Paperback / softback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages, 1 Illustrations, color; X, 188 p. 1 illus. in color.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:22/04/2018
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- ISBN:9783319807546
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:188 pages, 1 Illustrations, color; X, 188 p. 1 illus. in color.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:22/04/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9783319807546