Death and the body in the eighteenth-century novel

"Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel demonstrates that archives continually speak to the period's rising funeral and mourning culture, as well as the increasing commodification of death and mourning typically associated with nineteenth-century practices. By drawing on a vari...

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Main Author: Zigarovich, Jolene 1970- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press [2023]
In:Year: 2023
Further subjects:B Death Motif
B English language
B Novel
B English fiction 18th century History and criticism
B Human body in literature
B Death in literature
B Relics in literature
B Dead in literature
B Mourning customs in literature
B History 1700-1800
B Mourning customs (Great Britain) History 18th century
B Mourning rites
B Body Motif
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Summary:"Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel demonstrates that archives continually speak to the period's rising funeral and mourning culture, as well as the increasing commodification of death and mourning typically associated with nineteenth-century practices. By drawing on a variety of historical discourses-such as wills, undertaking histories, medical treatises and textbooks, anatomical studies, philosophical treatises, and religious tracts and sermons-this study contributes to a fuller understanding of the history of death in the Enlightenment and its narrative transformation. As of yet, no single study has collected copious material and literary examples of death and mourning in the period"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 233 - 250
ISBN:1512823775