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The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900
Thea Tomaini
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Description for The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900
Hardback. Between 1700 and 1900, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries, who constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as documents describing an idealised past. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBTB; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Between 1700 and 1900, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were stereotyped, idealised, and held as a standard by which the present time could be measured. Various figures in politics, academia, and the church pointed to historical persons such as Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Charles I, and Oliver Cromwell as icons whose lives, deaths and corpses illustrated the victories of English Protestantism, the values of Monarchism (or Republicanism), and the superiority of the English culture and its language. In particular, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries. They constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as ... Read more
Between 1700 and 1900, the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were stereotyped, idealised, and held as a standard by which the present time could be measured. Various figures in politics, academia, and the church pointed to historical persons such as Henry VIII, Shakespeare, Charles I, and Oliver Cromwell as icons whose lives, deaths and corpses illustrated the victories of English Protestantism, the values of Monarchism (or Republicanism), and the superiority of the English culture and its language. In particular, the subject of disinterment (exhumation) attracted the attention of antiquaries. They constructed a comprehensive memory of the past by 'reading' corpses as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
665g
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783271948
SKU
V9781783271948
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Reviews for The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900
A fascinating guide to the ways in which antiquarian study and disinterment played into the formation of British identity, as well as a particularly ghoulish case study of how past lives and events are interpreted, reinterpreted and used....If you're interested in how people relate to the bodies of the dead, it's an excellent addition to your library. FORTEAN TIMES