Description
Spirits and Spirituality in Victorian Fiction, 1st ed. 2016
Author: Cadwallader J.
Language: EnglishPublication date: 02-2016
209 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 01-2016
209 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
Description
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As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes.
Introduction: Framing the Ghost Story
1. Physiology, Pharmacology, and the Ghost Stories of J. S. Le Fanu
2. Dickens's Ghosts and the Christmas Spirit
3. The Anatomy of Desire: Madness, Mesmerism, and the Specters of Female Sexuality
4. Mourning the Dead and the Rise of the New Faith
Coda: Cecilia De Noël a nd the Triumph of Experience
Jen Cadwallader is Associate Professor of English at Randolph-Macon College, USA.