Dickens and the Business of Death
«'… neatly-written, well-researched and persuasive …' Andrew Mangham, Dickens Quarterly»
Charles Dickens is famous for his deathbed scenes, but these have rarely been examined within the context of his ambivalence towards the Victorian commodification of death. Dickens repeatedly criticised ostentatious funeral and mourning customs, and asserted the harmful consequences of treating the corpse as an object of speculation rather than sympathy. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Cambridge University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781107491557
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«'… neatly-written, well-researched and persuasive …' Andrew Mangham, Dickens Quarterly»