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The Significance of Ghosts - Lund University
The Significance of Ghosts - Science, Religion and Social Criticism in Charles Dickens The Haunted Man and the ghost s Bargain, A Christmas Carol and The Signalman Niki Brodin Larsson ENGK01 Degree essay in English Literature Autumn semester 2013 Centre for Languages and Literature Lund University Supervisor: Ellen Turner Table of Contents Introduction 1 Historical Context 2 The Scientific Explanation 6 Christian Beliefs 9 Social Criticism 14 Conclusion 18 Works Cited 20 Niki Brodin Larsson 1 Introduction The Haunted Man and the ghost s Bargain (1848), A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Signal-Man (1866) are all works by Charles Dickens that tell stories about haunted men. Dickens employed spectres in many of his texts from the 1840s until the 1860s, and his contribution to the development of the ghost story in the Victorian era was very prominent.
The Significance of Ghosts - Science, Religion and Social Criticism in Charles Dickens’ The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain, A Christmas Carol and ... The ghost stories of the nineteenth century also expressed concerns, campaigned for change and criticized the Victorian society. The Victorian era was a
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