Imagining the Dead in British Literature and Culture, 1790–1848

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Main Author: McAllister, David (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:VIII, 227 p. 1 illus.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97731-7
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Revolutionizing the Dead: Burke, Paine, De Quincey
  • 2. Burial, Community, and the Domestic Affections in Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads
  • 3. 'The Feeling of the Living and the Rights of the Dead': Ethics and Emotions; Bodies and Burial; Godwin and Bentham
  • 4. Death in the Schoolroom: Associationist Education and Children's Poetry Books
  • 5. Better Thoughts of Death: Psychology, Sentimentalism and Garden-Cemetery Aesthetics in The Old Curiosity Shop
  • 6. Conclusion.