Divine Representations : The Rise of the Mystical Novel in Twentieth-Century England

Name: Divine Representations : The Rise of the Mystical Novel in Twentieth-Century England
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

Divine RepresentationsThe Rise of the Mystical Novel in Twentieth-Century England\nAuthor(s): Carla A. Arnell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9798855805321, 979-8855805321\nSynopsis\nExplores how Edwardian era writers used the mystical novel as a way to represent transcendent experiences within the tradition of the English realist novel.\n\nDivine Representations examines the development of a unique form of \""mystical novel\"" in the early twentieth century by a loose fellowship of like-minded British writers with a passion for mysticism. Although the Victorian era's growing fascination with all things esoteric and occult had led to sundry examples of \""mystical\"" fiction, the Edwardian era saw the emergence of several mystics-cum-novelistsA. E. Waite, R. H. Benson, Evelyn Underhill, and Arthur Machenwho were largely skeptical of Victorian spiritualist and occult practices. They soug.