Spirit matters : occult beliefs, alternative religions, and the crisis of faith in Victorian Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Franklin, J. Jeffrey (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Occultism in literature. Spiritualism in literature. Occultism > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Spiritualism > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Religion and culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Great Britain > Religion > 19th century. English prose literature. Occultism. Religion. Religion and culture. Spiritualism. Great Britain. 1800-1899 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

Table of Contents:

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.