Heaven, hell, and the Victorians
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Heaven, hell, and the Victorians
Cambridge University Press, 1994
Abridged ed
- : hard
- : pbk
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Previous ed. published as: Death and the future life in Victorian literature and theology, 1990
Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-266) and index
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Description
The Victorians were obsessed with death, bereavement, and funeral rituals, and speculated vigorously on the nature of heaven, hell, and divine judgment. This popular abridgement of Michael Wheeler's award-winning Death and the Future Life in Victorian Literature and Theology looks at the literary implications of Victorian views of death and the life beyond, and recreates vividly the fear and hope embodied in the theological positions of the novelists and poets of the age. Now accessible to a wide readership, Heaven, Hell, and the Victorians offers a wide-ranging and attractively illustrated cultural history of nineteenth-century religious experience, belief, and language in the face of death.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Death
- 2. Judgment
- 3. Heaven
- 4. Hell
- Conclusion.
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