The wake of Wellington : Englishness in 1852 / Peter W. Sinnema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinnema, Peter W.

Series:

Series in Victorian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

National characteristics, English--History--19th century.

England--Civilization--19th century.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852--Death and burial.

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Soldier, hero, and politician, the Duke of Wellington is one of the best-known figures of nineteenth-century England. From his victory at Waterloo over Napoleon in 1815, he rose to become prime minister of his country. But Peter Sinnema finds equal fascination in Victorian England's response to the Duke's death. The Wake of Wellington considers Wellington's spectacular funeral pageant in the fall of 1852-an unprecedented event that attracted one and a half million spectators to London-as a threshold event against which the life of the soldier-hero and High-Tory statesman could be re-viewe

Contents:

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chronology; 1 Aftereffects; 2 First Rehearsal; 3 Second Rehearsal; 4 The Waiting Game; 5 Obsequies and Sanctification; 6 Irish Opposition; 7 Epilogue The Hyde Park Corner Controversy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-160) and index.

ISBN:

9780821442098

0821442090

OCLC:

191944035