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Cambridge University Press Dickens and the Business of Death: Series Number 98 (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 98)

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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. Review '… neatly-written, well-researched and persuasive …' Andrew Mangham, Dickens Quarterly Book Description The first ever full-length study exploring how Dickens's fiction engaged with, responded to, and even exploited Victorian attitudes to death. About the Author Claire Wood is a Research Associate in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1107098637
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
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Release Date: 05 March 2015
Listed Since: 06 September 2014

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