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Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain
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Great deaths : grieving, religion, and nationhood in Victorian and Edwardian Britain

Author: John Wolffe; British Academy.
Publisher: Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, New York. 2000 ;
Series: British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Wolffe; British Academy.
ISBN: 0197262384 9780197262382
OCLC Number: 488639873
Description: ix, 331 s., 12 plates : ill.
Contents: Machine generated contents note:Approaching the Deaths / 1 The paths of glory lead but to the grave' --
of the Famous --
Burying the Duke of / 2 'The last great Englishman is low' --
Wrellington 28 --
The Churches and National / 3. 'O God our help in ages past' --
Mourning 56 --
Commemoration, Identity and Religiosity 94 / 4. Death and the City --
Livingstone and Gordon 136 / 5. Martyrs of Empire --
Death and Politicians 154 / 6. The Shades of Westninster --
Death and the Royal Family, 1861-1892 192 / 7. 'It was too soon to die' --
Victoria and E.dward VII zz2 / 8. The Ending of Eras --
Prospect and Retrospect 59 / 9. 'A vast dumb tenderness' --
The Organization of Funerals z87 / Appendix --
Bibliography 294 --
Index 3 3. Table of Contents only: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001269746.html.
Series Title: British Academy postdoctoral fellowship monograph.
Responsibility: by John Wolffe.

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