{"product_id":"the-victorian-ghost-story-and-theology-from-le-fanu-to-james-9783319302188","title":"The Victorian Ghost Story and Theology: From Le Fanu to James","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Zoe Lehmann Imfeld\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book argues that theology is central to an understanding of the literary ghost story. Victorian ghost stories have traditionally been read in the context of agnosticism - as stories which reveal a society struggling with Christian orthodoxy in a new 'Enlightened' world. This book, however, uses theological ideas from St Augustine through to modern theologians to identify a theological journey taken by the protagonists of such stories, and charts each stage of this journey through the short stories it examines. It also proposes a theory of reader participation which creates an imaginary space in which modern epistemology is suspended. The book studies the work of four major authors of the supernatural tale: Arthur Machen, M.R. James, Sheridan Le Fanu and Henry James.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45278343004311,"sku":"9783319302188","price":3672.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783319302188.webp?v=1769290702","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-victorian-ghost-story-and-theology-from-le-fanu-to-james-9783319302188","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}