17517 shipping Autobiographical work

Autobiographical work

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during the rise of Enlightenment thinking

Facsimile of one of the letters folded in the back

Combines biographical narrative with literary criticism

17517 shipping Autobiographical workWheeler, noted literary critic and cultural historian of the Victorian era, discusses the "anxious speculation and fierce controversy" around the topics of death, judgment, heaven and hell in Victorian Britain. Wheeler draws on Victorian literature and religious writings, as well as sermons, tracts, biographical writings, sacred poetry, and 'guides to heaven' to help readers understand the intense examination of death and afterlife in those times.