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DescriptionDickens and the Business of Death (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture) Hardcover – April 30th 2015 by Claire Wood (Author) {Bindaredundat}  Dickens and the Business of Death by Claire Wood File Size: 5.21Mb Format: PDF Product Details Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture (Book 98) Hardcover: 256 pages (Buy New Price: $90.05) Publisher: Cambridge University Press (April 30th 2015) Language: English ISBN-10: 1107098637 ISBN-13: 978-1107098633 Charles Dickens is famous for his deathbed scenes, but these have rarely been examined within the context of his ambivalence towards the Victorian commodification of death. Dickens repeatedly criticised ostentatious funeral and mourning customs, and asserted the harmful consequences of treating the corpse as an object of speculation rather than sympathy. At the same time, he was fascinated by those who made a living from death and recognised that his authorial profits implicated him in the same trade. This book explores how Dickens turned mortality into the stuff of life and art as he navigated a thriving culture of death-based consumption. It surveys the diverse ways in which death became a business, from body-snatching, undertaking, and joint-stock cemetery companies, to the telling and selling of stories. This broad study offers fresh perspectives on death in The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend, and discusses lesser-known works and textual illustrations. Book Description In this fascinating, full-length study surveying the diverse ways in which a living was made from death, Claire Wood examines Dickens's creative works, including The Old Curiosity Shop and Our Mutual Friend, within the context of his attitude towards the Victorian commodification of death. About the Author Claire Wood is a Research Associate in the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York.  Figure 1: Advertisement for Jay’s General Mourning Warehouse from the Illustrated London News, 8 September 1888. Caption reads: ‘MOURNING. “In reply to many inquiries, we recommend the Maison Jay’s. This house, long established, makes mourning a speciality, and is excelled by no other house in London or Paris for the beauty of the work, the quality of the materials, or the style of manufacture.”’ Sharing Widget |