Death, judgement, heaven and hell - the four last things of Christian eschatology - have long been the subject of anxious speculation and fierce controversy, and never more so in the modern era than in Victorian Britain. In this major illustrated study, Michael Wheeler, a literary critic and cultural historian of the period, looks at the literary implications of Victorian views of death and the life beyond. Wheeler's extensive analyses of each of the four last things and their part in nineteenth-century thought draw on a ...
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Death, judgement, heaven and hell - the four last things of Christian eschatology - have long been the subject of anxious speculation and fierce controversy, and never more so in the modern era than in Victorian Britain. In this major illustrated study, Michael Wheeler, a literary critic and cultural historian of the period, looks at the literary implications of Victorian views of death and the life beyond. Wheeler's extensive analyses of each of the four last things and their part in nineteenth-century thought draw on a wide range of literary and theological writings from 1830 to 1890. He goes on to offer revisionary readings of four central literary texts, contrasting the broadly liberal theology of Tennyson's In Memoriam and Dickens's Our Mutual Friend with the Catholic authority invoked in Newman's The Dream of Gerontius and Hopkins's The Wreck of the Deutschland. These writings are shown to reopen key theoretical questions which will stimulate fresh debate about the nature of religious experience, belief and language in the nineteenth century.
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Good Condition. Dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Contents clean and fresh. A presentable used copy with no significant defects. Publisher's note: Illustrated study of the literary implications of Victorian views of the "four last things" of Christian eschatology-death, judgement, heaven and hell. Size: 24.7 x 17.4 x 2.9 cm. xv, 456 pp. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; English literature--19th century--History and criticism; Theology, Doctrinal--Great Britain--History--19th century; Death--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--19th century; Future life--History of doctrines; Death in literature; Future life in literature; ISBN: 0521306175. ISBN/EAN: 9780521306171. Add. Inventory No: 240222SWT014040.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1250grams, ISBN: 9780521306171.
