Death, Loss, Memory and Mourning in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1780–1914

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historical grief rituals
History of Emotions
Literary History
Material History
nineteenth century funerary practices
Philosophy
public health burial reforms
Religious History
social-political responses to bereavement
Victorian mourning customs

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  • ISBN 9781032282657
  • Weight: 830g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Nov 2025
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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This four-volume interdisciplinary collection explores loss, memory, and mourning in the long nineteenth century. Primary sources explore death and mourning from literary, spiritual, historical, and intellectual perspectives. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Emotions.

Mark Sandy is Professor of English Literature at Durham University, with research interests in Romantic poetics of loss, grief, memory, and mourning.

Douglas Davies is Professor of Theology at Durham University, with interests in death, mourning, and crematoria.

Geoffrey Scarre is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Durham University, with research interests in death, ethics, and posterity.

Matthew McCullough is a Doctoral Researcher in Musicology at Durham University, and Research Associate of the Centre for Death and Life Studies, with research interests in music as a form of memorialisation.

Rick Whitefield is a Junior Research Fellow at St John’s College, Durham University in Theology and Research Associate of the Centre for Death and Life Studies with interests in anthropology, memory, and mourning.