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Author:

Herbert, Christopher, 1941- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

x, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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.
English fiction.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion in literature.
Religious literature, English.
England.
1800-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Afterword: fanatical imagination in Bram Stoker's Dracula. Impossibility of the evangelical novel -- "Ghastly apparitions": specters of piety in Scott and Hogg -- Curse of the holy law and glimpses of angels in Bleak house -- Ideology of faith in the early career of George Eliot -- Afterword: fanatical imagination in Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Summary:

"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 at play in Victorian literature and culture, challenging accepted notions of the impact of the Evangelical movement on gothic Victorian literature. "-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Victorian literature and culture series

ISBN:

081394340X
9780813943404

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1091587753

LCCN:

2019015595

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)