Theology, horror and fiction : a reading of the Gothic nineteenth century / Jonathan Greenaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenaway, Jonathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English fiction.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English--History and criticism.

Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English.

Horror tales, English--History and criticism.

Horror tales, English.

Religion in literature.

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

Religion and literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Summary:

"This theological reading of canonical texts of the 19th-century Gothic posits the religious themes of the Gothic as essential to understanding the form as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Gothic and theology

Monstrosity and the problem of evil: A theologico-literary understanding of personhood in Frankenstein and Paradise Lost

'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God': Gothic revelation and monstrous theology in the Gothic's Calvinist legacy

Gothic writing and political theology: Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre as theological texts

'Through a Glass Darkly': Reading the Victorian ghost story theologically

The limitations of materialism: Fin-de-siècle Gothic, sin and subjectivity and the insufficiency of degeneration

Conclusion: Through the Gothic castle, back to theology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781501351808

150135180X

9781501351792

1501351796

9781501351815

1501351818

OCLC:

1238134278