Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
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"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"-- Provided by publisher
Keywords
1700-1799; Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Dead in literature; Death in literature; English fiction; English fiction 18th century History and criticism; Great Britain; History; Human body in literature; Literary criticism; Mourning customs; Mourning customs Great Britain History 18th century; Mourning customs in literature; Relics in literature;
Document Type
Book
ISBN
9781512823776
Publication Date
2023
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
City
Philadelphia
Department
Department of Languages and Literatures
Object Description
xi, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language
en
Recommended Citation
Zigarovich, Jolene, "Death and the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel" (2023). Faculty Book Gallery. 527.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facbook/527
