Spirit matters : occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain /
Franklin, J. Jeffrey,
Spirit matters : occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain / J. Jeffrey Franklin. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions -- The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary -- The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology -- Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon -- Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court -- Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England -- The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities.
Spirit Matters explores the heterodox and unorthodox religions and spiritualities that arose in Victorian Britain as a result of the faltering of Christian faith in the face of modernity, the rise of the truth-telling authority of science, and the...
9781501715464
2017051440
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Occultism in literature.
Spiritualism in literature.
Occultism--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Spiritualism--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Religion and culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Electronic Books.
PR788 / .S657 2018
Spirit matters : occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain / J. Jeffrey Franklin. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Orthodox Christianity, scientific materialism, and alternative religions -- The evolution of occult spirituality in Victorian England and the representative case of Edward Bulwer-Lytton -- Anthony Trollope's religion : the orthodox/heterodox boundary -- The influences of Buddhism and comparative religion on Matthew Arnold's theology -- Interpenetration of religion and national politics in Great Britain and Sri Lanka : William Knighton's Forest life in Ceylon -- Identity, genre, and religion in Anna Leonowens' The English governess at the Siamese court -- Ancient Egyptian religion in late-Victorian England -- The economics of immortality : the demi-immortal Oriental, Enlightenment vitalism, and political economy in Bram Stoker's Dracula -- Conclusion : from Victorian occultism to new age spiritualities.
Spirit Matters explores the heterodox and unorthodox religions and spiritualities that arose in Victorian Britain as a result of the faltering of Christian faith in the face of modernity, the rise of the truth-telling authority of science, and the...
9781501715464
2017051440
English prose literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Occultism in literature.
Spiritualism in literature.
Occultism--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Spiritualism--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Religion and culture--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Electronic Books.
PR788 / .S657 2018