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This book argues that theology is central to an understanding of the literary ghost story. Victorian ghost stories have traditionally been read in the context of agnosticism - as stories which reveal a society struggling with Christian orthodoxy in a new 'Enlightened' world. This book, however, uses theological ideas from St Augustine through to modern theologians to identify a theological journey taken by the protagonists of such stories, and charts each stage of this journey through the short stories it examines. It also proposes a theory of reader participation which creates an imaginary space in which modern epistemology is suspended. The book studies the work of four major authors of the supernatural tale: Arthur Machen, M.R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Henry James.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Victorian Ghost Story and Theology
• Subtitle: From Le Fanu to James
• Author: Zoe Lehmann Imfeld
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 188
• EAN: 9783319302188
• ISBN: 3319302183
• ID: 02917749
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
• Weight: 390 g
• Dimensions: 157 × 219 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 27. July 2016

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