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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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2023]
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| En: | Año: 2023 |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
English fiction 18th century
History and criticism
B Inglés B Human body in literature B Novela B Muerte Motivo B Ritual de duelo B Death in literature B Cuerpo Motivo B Relics in literature B Historia 1700-1800 B Dead in literature B Mourning customs in literature B Mourning customs (Great Britain) History 18th century |
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| Sumario: | "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"-- |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 233 - 250 |
| ISBN: | 1512823775 |