Evangelical gothic : the English novel and the religious war on virtue from Wesley to Dracula /

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"Examining both the theology of John Wesley, George Whitefield, and William Wilberforce and novels by Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Sir Walter Scott, and Bram Stoker as well as a host of 'Evangelical novels' of the period, Herbert analyzes the Evangelical and anti-Evangelical forces...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herbert, Christopher, 1941- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Colección:Victorian literature and culture series.
Temas:
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Religious literature, English > History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Religion and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Évangélisme dans la littérature.
Littérature religieuse anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Religion dans la littérature.
Religion et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
Evangelicalism in literature
Religion and literature
Religion in literature
Religious literature, English
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The religious critique of virtue: Wesley, Whitefield, Wilberforce
  • The impossibility of the evangelical novel
  • "Ghastly apparitions": specters of piety in Scott and Hogg
  • The curse of the holy law and glimpses of angels in Bleak house
  • The ideology of faith in the early career of George Eliot
  • Afterword: fanatical imagination in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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