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Author:

Franklin, J. Jeffrey, author.

Title:

Spirit matters : occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain / J. Jeffrey Franklin.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xx, 264 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

English prose literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Occultism in literature.
Spiritualism in literature.
Occultism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Spiritualism--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Religion and culture--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Great Britain--Religion--19th century.
English prose literature.
Occultism.
Occultism in literature.
Religion.
Religion and culture.
Spiritualism.
Spiritualism in literature.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions -- The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary -- The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology -- Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon -- Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court -- Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England -- The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities.

ISBN:

1501715445
9781501715440

OCLC:

(OCoLC)989965553

LCCN:

2017028029

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)