E-Book, Englisch, 253 Seiten
Tomaini The Corpse as Text: Disinterment and Antiquarian Enquiry, 1700-1900
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-78204-951-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 253 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-78204-951-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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.
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Introduction: The Corpse as Text
Presumptive Readings: King John
The Text in Neglect: Katherine de Valois
Appropriated Meanings: Thomas Becket
Fictions and Fantasies: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
Investigations and Revisions: Katherine Parr
A Surfeit of Interpretations: William Shakespeare
The Conversant Dead: Charles I and Oliver Cromwell
Conclusion
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