LEADER 02707oam 22005414a 450 001 9910817060303321 005 20231207231320.0 010 $a0-8139-4341-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000009374984 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5906208 035 $a(OCoLC)1099539623 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse76165 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009374984 100 $a20190429d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEvangelical gothic $ethe English novel and the religious war on virtue from Wesley to Dracula /$fChristopher Herbert 210 1$aCharlottesville :$cUniversity of Virginia Press,$d2019. 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE,$d2019 210 4$dİ2019. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 278 pages) 225 0 $aVictorian literature and culture series 311 0 $a0-8139-4340-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"Examining both the theology of John Wesley, George Whitefield, and William Wilberforce and novels by Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Sir Walter Scott, and Bram Stoker as well as a host of 'Evangelical novels' of the period, Herbert analyzes the Evangelical and anti-Evangelical forces at play in Victorian literature and culture, challenging accepted notions of the impact of the Evangelical movement on gothic Victorian literature. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aVictorian literature and culture series. 606 $aReligion and literature$zEngland$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aReligion in literature 606 $aReligious literature, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEvangelicalism in literature 606 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aReligion and literature$xHistory 615 0$aReligion in literature. 615 0$aReligious literature, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEvangelicalism in literature. 615 0$aEnglish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a823/.809382 700 $aHerbert$b Christopher$f1941-$01720674 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817060303321 996 $aEvangelical gothic$94119569 997 $aUNINA