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Death and the body in the eighteenth-century novel / Jolene Zigarovich.
Van Pelt Library PR858.D37 Z54 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zigarovich, Jolene, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Mourning customs--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Mourning customs.
- Death in literature.
- Dead in literature.
- Human body in literature.
- Mourning customs in literature.
- Relics in literature.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 261 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Secularism, Materialism, and Death in the Eighteenth Century
- ch. 2 Preserving Clarissa: Eighteenth-Century Embalming Practices
- ch. 3 Waxen Encounters: Flesh, Anatomy, and Autonomy
- ch. 4 Circulating Bodies: Secular Mementos, Jewelry, and Hairwork
- ch. 5 Osseous Matter: Bones, Relics, and Mourning Miniatures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the A. H. Scouten Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1512823775
- 9781512823776
- OCLC:
- 1304815852
- Publisher Number:
- 99992947886
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