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| Death in the Victorian family | | Author(s) | Pat Jalland |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996 |
| Pages | 464 pp |
| Source | Oxford University Press, Saxon Way West, Corby NN18 9ES. |
| Keywords | Death ; Bereavement ; Funeral services ; The Family ; Histories. |
| Annotation | Using the private correspondence, diaries and death memorials of fifty-five middle and upper class families, the author shows us how dying, death and grieving were experienced 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. Chapters on the deaths of children and old people demonstrate the importance of the stages of the life-cycle in Victorian times. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970520218 B |
| Classmark | CW: DW: OX: SJ: 6A |
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