Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction
Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction
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Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction by J Cadwallader
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.“Jen Cadwallader’s lively, accessible, and very insightful Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction brilliantly problematises readings of ghost stories as articulations of an agnostic sensibility …Cadwallader performs sensitive and careful close readings of these stories, as well as providing a powerful sense of the complexity of the ghost story’s position in Victorian culture. I recommend Spirits and the Spiritual in Victorian Fiction very strongly.” (Jarlath Killeen, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, Vol. 16, 2017)
Jen Cadwallader is Associate Professor of English at Randolph-Macon College, USA.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781137559920 |
| ISBN 10 | 1137559926 |
| Title | Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction |
| Author | J Cadwallader |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 2016-01-22 |
| Number of pages | 209 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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