The Resource Dickens and the business of death, Claire Wood
Dickens and the business of death, Claire Wood
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- Summary
- "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. At the same time, he was fascinated by those who made a living from death and recognised that his authorial profits implicated him in the same trade. This book explores how Dickens turned mortality into the stuff of life and art as he navigated a thriving culture of death-based consumption. It surveys the diverse ways in which death became a business, from body-snatching, undertaking, and joint-stock cemetery companies, to the telling and selling of stories. This broad study offers fresh perspectives on death in The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend, and discusses lesser-known works and textual illustrations"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Contents
-
- Introduction; 1. Profitable undertakings and deathly business; 2. Revaluing The Old Curiosity Shop; 3. Death and property in Bleak House; 4. Parts and parting in Our Mutual Friend; Conclusion. Stealing Dickens; Bibliography
- Isbn
- 9781107098633
- Label
- Dickens and the business of death
- Title
- Dickens and the business of death
- Statement of responsibility
- Claire Wood
- Subject
-
- Death care industry -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Death in literature
- Death in literature
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge | Economics
- Economics
- England
- Great Britain
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature publishing
- Literature publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century
- 1800 - 1899
- Death care industry
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. At the same time, he was fascinated by those who made a living from death and recognised that his authorial profits implicated him in the same trade. This book explores how Dickens turned mortality into the stuff of life and art as he navigated a thriving culture of death-based consumption. It surveys the diverse ways in which death became a business, from body-snatching, undertaking, and joint-stock cemetery companies, to the telling and selling of stories. This broad study offers fresh perspectives on death in The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend, and discusses lesser-known works and textual illustrations"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wood, Claire
- Dewey number
- 823/.8
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR4592.E25
- LC item number
- W66 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture
- Series volume
- 98
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Death care industry
- Literature publishing
- Death in literature
- Literature and society
- Death care industry
- Literature publishing
- Literature and society
- Death in literature
- Dickens, Charles
- Dickens, Charles
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Death care industry
- Death in literature
- Economics
- Literature and society
- Literature publishing
- England
- Great Britain
- Label
- Dickens and the business of death, Claire Wood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction; 1. Profitable undertakings and deathly business; 2. Revaluing The Old Curiosity Shop; 3. Death and property in Bleak House; 4. Parts and parting in Our Mutual Friend; Conclusion. Stealing Dickens; Bibliography
- Control code
- 892620406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107098633
- Lccn
- 2014036460
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892620406
- Label
- Dickens and the business of death, Claire Wood
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Introduction; 1. Profitable undertakings and deathly business; 2. Revaluing The Old Curiosity Shop; 3. Death and property in Bleak House; 4. Parts and parting in Our Mutual Friend; Conclusion. Stealing Dickens; Bibliography
- Control code
- 892620406
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 225 pages
- Isbn
- 9781107098633
- Lccn
- 2014036460
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)892620406
Subject
- Death care industry -- England -- History -- 19th century
- Death in literature
- Death in literature
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Knowledge | Economics
- Economics
- England
- Great Britain
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Literature and society
- Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Literature publishing
- Literature publishing -- England -- History -- 19th century
- 1800 - 1899
- Death care industry
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