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Can I read The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology : From Le Fanu to James on EtoBox?

The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology : From Le Fanu to James by Zoë Lehmann Imfeld is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology : From Le Fanu to James about?

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

Who reads The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology : From Le Fanu to James?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Zoë Lehmann Imfeld
Publisher
Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan
Published
2016
Language
EN
ISBN
9783319302195
Category
literary studies
Subjects
History, Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism
Updated
2026-03-25

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