Death in the Victorian Family
by
Pat Jalland
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0198208324
ISBN-13
9780198208327
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 4th, 1999
Print length
476 Pages
Weight
738 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.60 x 3.20 cms
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Drawing upon the private correspondence, diaries and death memorials of 55 middle- and upper-class families, Pat Jalland shows us how dying, death and grieving were experience by Victorian families. She reveals how the manner and rituals of death and mourning differed according to various factors.
This enthralling book explores the experience of dying, death, grieving, and mourning in the years between 1830-1920. Victorian letters and diaries reveal a deep preoccupation with death because of a shorter life expectancy, a high death rate for infants and children, and a dominant Christian culture. Drawing upon the private correspondence, diaries and death memorial of fifty-five middle and upper class families, Pat Jalland shows us how dying, death and grieving were experience by Victorian families, and how the manner and rituals of death and mourning varied with age, gender, disease, religious belief, family size and class. She examines deathbed scenes, good and bad deaths, funerals and cremations, mourning rituals, widowhood, and the roles of religion and medicine.
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