Evangelical Gothic : The English Novel and the Religious War on Virtue from Wesley to Dracula.
Herbert, Christopher.
Evangelical Gothic : The English Novel and the Religious War on Virtue from Wesley to Dracula. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (293 pages) - Victorian Literature and Culture Series . - Victorian Literature and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
This provocative argument illuminates the frequent linkage of Evangelicalism in nineteenth-century fiction with the characteristic imagery of the Gothic-with black magic, with themes of demonic visitation and vampirism, and with a distinctive mood of hysteria and panic.
9780813943411
English fiction-19th century-History and criticism.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Religious literature, English-History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Religion and literature-England-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
PR830.E85 .H473 2019
823.809382
Evangelical Gothic : The English Novel and the Religious War on Virtue from Wesley to Dracula. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (293 pages) - Victorian Literature and Culture Series . - Victorian Literature and Culture Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
This provocative argument illuminates the frequent linkage of Evangelicalism in nineteenth-century fiction with the characteristic imagery of the Gothic-with black magic, with themes of demonic visitation and vampirism, and with a distinctive mood of hysteria and panic.
9780813943411
English fiction-19th century-History and criticism.
Evangelicalism in literature.
Religious literature, English-History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Religion and literature-England-History-19th century.
Electronic books.
PR830.E85 .H473 2019
823.809382