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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, Christopher, 1941- author.

Series:

Victorian literature and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Evangelicalism in literature.

Religious literature, English--History and criticism.

Religious literature, English.

Religion in literature.

Religion and literature--England--History--19th century.

Religion and literature.

History.

England.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 278 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

English novel and the religious war on virtue from Wesley to Dracula

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Religious critique of virtue: Wesley, Whitefield, Wilberforce

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Herbert, Christopher, 1941- author. Evangelical gothic

ISBN:

9780813943404

081394340X

OCLC:

1091587753