Narrative Mourning Death and Its Relics in the Eighteenth-Century British Novel |
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| Author:
| Oliver, Kathleen M. |
| Series title: | Transits: Literature, Thought and Culture, 1650-1850 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-68448-191-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2020 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95USD $37.95 |
Book Description:
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Narrative Mourning argues that the cultural disappearance of the dead/dying body in eighteenth-century Britain found expression in fictional representations of the relic (object) or relict (person) within certain British novels. These relics/relicts exist as material signs of loss and as compensation for loss; they exist as surrogates for the absent (living, dead, or dying) and as reliquaries for their "psychic" essences.
Narrative Mourning argues that the cultural disappearance of the dead/dying body in eighteenth-century Britain found expression in fictional representations of the relic (object) or relict (person) within certain British novels. These relics/relicts exist as material signs of loss and as compensation for loss; they exist as surrogates for the absent (living, dead, or dying) and as reliquaries for their "psychic" essences.