Death and the future life in Victorian literature and theology

Abstract

List of illustrations Preface Introduction Part I. The Four Last Things: 1. Death 2. Judgment 3. Heaven 4. Hell Part II. Four Literary Texts: 5. Tennyson: In Memorian 6. Dickens: Our Mutual Friend 7. Newman: The Dream of Gerontius 8. Hopkins: The Wreck of the Deutschland Appendix: the Old Testament as the book of hope References Bibliography Index.