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Communities of Death: Whitman, Poe, and the American Culture of Mourning
Adam C. Bradford
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
To 21st century readers, 19th century depictions of death look macabre if not maudlin - the mourning portraits and quilts, the postmortem daguerreotypes, and the memorial jewelry now hopelessly, if not morbidly, distressing. Yet this sentimental culture of mourning and memorialising provided opportunities to the bereaved to assert deeply held beliefs, forge social connections, and advocate for social and political change. This culture also permeated the literature of the day, especially the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman. In Communities of Death, Adam C. Bradford explores the ways in which the ideas, rituals, and practises of mourning were ... Read more
To 21st century readers, 19th century depictions of death look macabre if not maudlin - the mourning portraits and quilts, the postmortem daguerreotypes, and the memorial jewelry now hopelessly, if not morbidly, distressing. Yet this sentimental culture of mourning and memorialising provided opportunities to the bereaved to assert deeply held beliefs, forge social connections, and advocate for social and political change. This culture also permeated the literature of the day, especially the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Walt Whitman. In Communities of Death, Adam C. Bradford explores the ways in which the ideas, rituals, and practises of mourning were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826220196
SKU
V9780826220196
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About Adam C. Bradford
Adam C. Bradford is Assistant Professor of English and Associate Chair of the English Department at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. He teaches Early and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture and is especially interested in the material and print culture of the period. His articles have been published in Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, Edgar Allan Poe Review, and ... Read more
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