Verfasst von:	Bartels, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	The devil and the Victorians
Titelzusatz:	supernatural evil in nineteenth-century English culture
Verf.angabe:	Sarah Bartels
Verlagsort:	New York ; London
Verlag:	Routledge
Jahr:	2021
Umfang:	236 Seiten
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Routledge studies in modern British history
Fussnoten:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Hochschulschrift:	Dissertation, University of Queensland, 2019
ISBN:	978-0-367-44420-4
Abstract:	"In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre. The Devil and the Victorians will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century English cultural and religious history, as well as the darker side of the supernatural"--
Schlagwörter:	(s)Englisch    / (s)Literatur    / (s)Teufel <Motiv>    / (s)Dämonologie    / (z)Geschichte 1837-1901
	(g)Großbritannien    / (s)Dämonologie    / (s)Teufel    / (s)Kultur    / (s)Religion    / (z)Geschichte 1837-1901
Dokumenttyp:	Hochschulschrift
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Bartels, Sarah, 1991 - : The devil and the Victorians. - New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (236 Seiten)
RVK-Notation:	HL 1101
K10plus-PPN:	1738367665