- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: The History Press; New edition edition (Jan 25 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0750938730
- ISBN-13: 978-0750938730
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 17.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 880 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #683,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this beautifully illustrated and well-researched book Professor Curl has rescued much fascinating material from undeserved oblivion, and his work fills a genuine gap. From humble working-class exequies to the massive outpouringof grief at the State funerals of Wellington and Queen Victoria herself, The Victorian Celebration of Death covers an immense canvas. It describes the change in sensibility that led to a new tenderness towards the dead; the history of the urban cemeteries with their architecture and landscapes; the ephemera of death and dying; State funerals as national spectacles; and the utilitarian reactions towards the end of the nineteenth century. Combining wit with compassion, Curl wears his learning lightly, and his taste for the eerie is delicately balanced by this literary personality. He has resurrected many valuable and extremely interesting aspects of nineteenth-century attidues to death and the disposal of the dead; Curl's achievement is as well-ordered as any sumptuous funeral, and is lucid as well as entertaining, with many surprises and assiciated delights.
About the Author
Professor James Stevens Curl is Senior Research Fellow at The Queen's University of Belfast. He read for his Doctorate at University College London, and was Visiting Fellow at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge. He has established an international reputation for scholarship and lucidity of style. He has published many works dealing with aspects of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
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A fascinating read, Jan 25 2009
By Keri Van Zeyst - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Victorian Celebration of Death (Paperback)
A friend of mine gave me this wonderful book. It talks about general attitudes towards death and dying in the 19th Century. It goes heavily into the different types of 19th Century cemeteries, including private cemeteries and garden cemeteries. It explains how things began to change bringing the raise of cremation and how things ended up at the eventual end of the Victorian era. There are some great photographs in the book of grand cemeteries and fabulous engravings of churches. The author also makes some very interesting architectural observations...it's really a unique book and ever so interesting.
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Cemetery Art, May 1 2008
By Stuart Schneider "Author of books on collecti... - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Victorian Celebration of Death (Hardcover)
This is a great book! It has more information than you will ever want, but it has wonderful gems of information that make it a great read. I photograph cemeteries and love the history of cemeteries, so it was fun and useful for my purposes.
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Boring, Nov 14 2011
By fairy-whispers - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Victorian Celebration of Death (Paperback)
This could have been a very interesting topic, but the writing is boring and repetitive. I gave up after page sixteen.
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