Evangelical gothic the English novel and the religious war on virtue from Wesley to Dracula / Christopher Herbert.
| Author/creator | Herbert, Christopher, 1941- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2019. |
| Description | x, 278 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | English novel and the religious war on virtue from Wesley to Dracula |
| Series | Victorian Literature and Culture Series |
| Contents | 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-262) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019015595 |
| ISBN | 9780813943404 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |