Bibliograph

Great deaths, grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, by John Wolffe

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Great deaths, grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain, by John Wolffe

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-311) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Great deaths

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46807834

Responsibility statement

by John Wolffe

Series statement

A British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph

Sub title

grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Table Of Contents

1. The paths of glory lead but to the grave': Approaching the Deaths -- of the Famous -- 2 'The last great Englishman is low': Burying the Duke of -- Wrellington 28 -- 3. 'O God our help in ages past': The Churches and National -- Mourning 56 -- 4. Death and the City: Commemoration, Identity and Religiosity 94 -- 5. Martyrs of Empire: Livingstone and Gordon 136 -- 6. The Shades of Westninster: Death and Politicians 154 -- 7. 'It was too soon to die': Death and the Royal Family, 1861-1892 192 -- 8. The Ending of Eras: Victoria and E.dward VII zz2 -- 9. 'A vast dumb tenderness': Prospect and Retrospect 59 -- Appendix: The Organization of Funerals z87 -- Bibliography 294 -- Index 3 3

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