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The Devil and the Victorians - Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture (Paperback)
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The Devil and the Victorians - Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
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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.
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