Angels and absences : child deaths in the nineteenth century / Laurence Lerner.
Angels and absences : child deaths in the nineteenth century / Laurence Lerner.
Angels and absences : child deaths in the nineteenth century / Laurence Lerner.
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Publisher
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
Date
1997.
Call Numbers
N820.93548/1
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Real deaths -- Strategies of consolation : the dead child in poetry -- The life and death of Paul Dombey, and other child deaths in Dickens -- Heaven claims its own : child death in nineteenth century fiction, and after -- Sentimentality : for and against.
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Publisher
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Tennessee
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
Lerner's forthright and evocative prose style is enjoyable reading, and he excels in teasing out the moral implications and the psychosocial entanglements of his chosen narrative and lyrical texts. This is a book that will illuminate an important aspect of the history of private life. It should have wide application for those interested in the hist...
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Angels and absences : child deaths in the nineteenth century / Laurence Lerner.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index.
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N820.93548/1
Record Identifier
74VMQMwQZ5E3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQMwQZ5E3
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ISBN
0826512879 (alk. paper)
9780826512871 (alk. paper)
DDC
820.9354809034
MMS ID
991000399989702626
