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

• Autore: Herbert Christopher <1941->
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville : , : University of Virginia Press, , 2019; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 278 pages)
• Disciplina: 823/.809382
• Soggetto topico: Religion and literature - England - History - 19th century; Religion in literature; Religious literature, English - History and criticism; Evangelicalism in literature; English fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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. "--
• Titolo autorizzato: Evangelical gothic
• ISBN: 0-8139-4341-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910793884203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Victorian literature and culture series.