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Mortal Remains

Death in Early America
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
264 Seiten
Englisch
University of Pennsylvania Presserschienen am28.10.2002
"These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how experiences with death and the imagery associated with it influenced US culture before 1860."-Choicemehr
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Klappentext"These 12 short, highly focused essays analyze how experiences with death and the imagery associated with it influenced US culture before 1860."-Choice
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-8122-1823-7
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2002
Erscheinungsdatum28.10.2002
Seiten264 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 156 mm, Höhe 234 mm, Dicke 20 mm
Gewicht426 g
Artikel-Nr.13700596
Rubriken
GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of IllustrationsI. MORTALITY FOR THE MASSES1. The Christian Origins of the Vanishing Indian-Laura M. Stevens2. Blood Will Out: Sensationalism, Horror, and the Roots of American Crime Literature-Daniel A. Cohen3. A Tale of Two Cities: Epidemics and the Rituals of Death in Eighteenth-Century Boston nd Philadelphia-Robert V. WellsII. THE POLITICS OF DEATH4. Death and Satire: Dismembering the Body Politic-Nancy Isenberg5. Immortalizing the Founding Fathers: The Excesses of Public Eulogy-Andrew Burstein6. The Politics of Tears: Death in the Early American Novel-Julia SternIII. PHYSICAL REMAINS7. Major André's Exhumation-Michael Meranze8. Patriotic Remains: Bones of Contention in the Early Republic-Matthew Dennis9. A Peculiar Mark of Infamy: Dismemberment, Burial, and Rebelliousness in Slave Societies-Douglas R. EgertonIV. AFTER LIFE10. Elizabeth Reis, Immortal Messengers: Angels, Gender, and Power in Early America-Douglas R. Egerton11. "In the Midst of Life we are in Death": Affliction and Religion in Antebellum New York-Nicholas Marshall12. The Romantic Landscape: Washington Irving, Sleepy Hollow, and the Rural Cemetery Movement-Thomas G. ConnorsNotesList of ContributorsIndexmehr

Autor

Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein are coholders of the Mary Frances Barnard Chair in Nineteenth-Century American History at the University of Tulsa. Isenberg is the author of Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America, winner of the 1999 SHEAR book prize. Burstein is the author of several books, including America's Jubilee.