About the author
Sarah Bartels is the author of The Devil and the Victorians: Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture, published by Routledge in 2021 and again in a 2022 edition. The book examines how the figure of the Devil functioned in nineteenth-century English culture, using ideas about diabolic evil to trace the Victorians' ambivalent relationship with the supernatural alongside the era's spiritualism, occultism, and folklore. It is an academic study, positioned for readers of nineteenth-century English cultural history and the history of the supernatural rather than a general popular audience. The two editions listed share the same subject and approach, reflecting a scholarly work that situates diabolism within broader currents of Victorian religious anxiety and cultural change. Readers coming to this catalogue entry should expect a research-grounded, historically specific treatment of the Devil as a cultural idea, useful to students and scholars of Victorian studies and the history of supernatural belief.
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“Bartels provides a compelling analysis of the Devil’s role in Victorian society, drawing effectively from a wide array of primary sources. The book succeeds in demonstrating that supernatural belief remained potent despite…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on The Devil and the Victorians: Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture Bartels, Sarah
“Bartels delivers a rigorous academic examination that may feel dense to casual readers seeking narrative entertainment. While the analysis is thorough and insightful regarding the cultural function of evil, it prioritizes…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on The Devil and the Victorians: Supernatural Evil in Nineteenth-Century English Culture Bartels, Sarah
