Cemetery plots from victoria to verdun: literary representations of epitaph and burial from the 19th century through the great war
Auteur :
Kichner, Heather
Éditeur :
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN :
9781433115233
Date de publication :
28 sept. 2012
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
350 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Considers rhetoric of burial reform, cemeterial customs, and epitaphic writing in Great Britain from mid-nineteenth century through Great War. This book studies mid- and late-Victorian responses to death and burial, including epitaph collections, and fictional representations of burial and epitaph writing, especially in novels of Charles Dickens.