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Death In The Victorian Family
Hardback Edition: 1
This engrossing book explores family experiences of dying, death, grieving, and mourning in the years between 1830 and 1920. So many Victorian letters, diaries, and death memorials reveal a deep preoccupation with death which is both fascinating and enlightening. Pat Jalland has examined the correspondence,
diaries, and death memorials of fifty-five families to show us deathbed scenes of the time, good and bad deaths, the roles of medicine and religion, children's deaths, funerals and cremations, widowhood, and mourning rituals.
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Pages : 496
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Publication date : 1996-11-07
Subjects: Non-fiction, Published in the UK, Humanities, Social Sciences, History, Sociology, Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900, Social & Cultural History, Sociology: Death & Dying