Relics of Death in Victorian Literature and Culture

by Deborah Lutz

Book Overview

Nineteenth-century Britons treasured objects of daily life that had once belonged to their dead. The love of these keepsakes, which included hair, teeth, and other remains, speaks of an intimacy with the body and death, a way of understanding absence through its materials, which is less widely felt today. Deborah Lutz analyzes relic culture as an affirmation that objects held memories and told stories. These practices show a belief in keeping death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107434394
• ISBN13: 9781107434394
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 261 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"