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Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

By: Clare Gittings

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Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

By: Clare Gittings

First published in 1984, Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England traces how and why the modern reaction to death has come about by examining English attitudes to death since the Middle Ages. In earlier centuries death was very much in the midst of life since it was not, as now, associated mainly with old age. War, plague and infant mortality gave it a very different aspect to its present one. The author shows in detail how modern concern with the individual has gradually alienated death from our society; the greater the emphasis on personal uniqueness, the more intense the anguish when an individual dies. Changes in attitudes to death are traced through alterations in funeral rituals, covering all sections of society from paupers to princes. This gracefully written book is a unique, scholarly and thorough treatment of the subject, providing both a sensitive insight into the feelings of people in early modern England and an explanation of the modern anxiety about death. The range and assurance of this book will commend it to historians and the interested general reader alike.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000995011

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9781000995015

50 LGBTQI+ who changed the world

By: Florent Manelli,Clare Summerskill

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50 LGBTQI+ who changed the world

By: Florent Manelli,Clare Summerskill

Marsha P. Johnson, Keith Haring, Harvey Milk, Audre Lorde, Peter Tatchell, RuPaul... the names of pioneers and trailblazers who have advanced the LGBT cause and helped bring about new human rights. This book pays tribute in 50 portraits to the activists, personalities, writers and artists who have advanced the LGBT movement and celebrates those who have fought and are fighting every day to create a more inclusive and tolerant world.

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406

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Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.

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1913641295

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9781913641290

Medievalist Traditions in Nineteenth-century British Culture

Celebrating the Calendar Year

By: Clare A. Simmons

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Celebrating the Calendar Year

By: Clare A. Simmons

A survey of the rituals of the year in Victorian England, showing the influence of the Middle Ages.

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Boydell & Brewer

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1843845733

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Patent Inventions - Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

By: Clare Pettitt

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Patent Inventions - Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

By: Clare Pettitt

Although much has been written about the history of copyright and authorship in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, very little attention has been given to the impact of the development of other kinds of intellectual property on the ways in which writers viewed their work in this period. This book is the first to suggest that the fierce debates over patent law and the discussion of invention and inventors in popular texts during the nineteenth century informed the parallel debate over the professional status of authors. The book examines the shared rhetoric surrounding the creation of the 'inventor' and the 'author' in the debate of the 1830s, and the challenge of the emerging technologies of mass production to traditional ideas of art and industry is addressed in a chapter on authorship at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Subsequent chapters show how novelists Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and George Eliot participated in debates over the value and ownership of labour in the 1850s, such as patent reform and the controversy over married women's property. The book shows the ways in which these were reflected in their novels. It also suggests that the publication of those novels, and the celebrity of their authors, had a substantial effect on the subsequent direction of these debates. The final chapter shows that Thomas Hardy's later fiction reflects an important shift in thinking about creativity and ownership towards the end of the century. Patent Inventions argues that Victorian writers used the novel not just to reflect, but also to challenge received notions of intellectual ownership and responsibility. It ends by suggesting that detailed study of the debate over intellectual property in the nineteenth century leads to a better understanding of the complex negotiations over the bounds of selfhood and social responsibility in the period.

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356

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OUP Oxford

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0191554901

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9780191554902

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EMERALD -

By: Clare Gittings

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EMERALD -

By: Clare Gittings

This fascinating book, written in conjunction with the London National Portrait Gallery, examines what portraits are and what they can tell you about the sitter (and the artist) through examining some of the world's greatest portraits. - Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts. - Text type - Information book - There is a useful glossary and index of pictures on pages 44-45 and a quiz on page 47, where readers have to guess the portrait from a given detail. - Curriculum links - Art and design: the roles and purposes of artists, craftspeople and designers; History: Victorian Britain. - This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader

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HarperCollins UK

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0007230915

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Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

By: Clare Gittings

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Taylor & Francis

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1000995062

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9781000995060

The National Portrait Gallery Book of the Tudors

By: Clare Gittings

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The National Portrait Gallery Book of the Tudors

By: Clare Gittings

The National Portrait Gallery has such an importan t collection of 16th century portraits that a whol e gallery, known as The Tudor Gallery, is devoted to them. Hanging there is the striking portrait of Henry VII painted in 1505, the earliest painting in the collection, and Hans Holbein's magnificent cartoon of Henry VII and Henry VIII. There is also

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Scala Books

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1857594304

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9781857594300

Death of England

The Plays

By: Clint Dyer,Roy Williams

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Death of England

The Plays

By: Clint Dyer,Roy Williams

Unless it's a football match... maybe then or 'em... at the supermarket... food and football, eh, the Englishman common ground Neutral territory for the masses. Yeah a place where no ideas are shared, borrowed or worked through... Perfect. Following acclaimed seasons at the National Theatre, Clint Dyer and Roy Williams' extraordinary series of three state of the nation plays, Death of England comes to @sohoplace in the West End. These three interconnected plays are, by turns, exhilarating, profoundly moving, funny but furious, and deeply theatrical, available together in this collection. Enjoy as a standalone experience or discover the connections between two or three of the plays as Michael, Delroy, Denise and Carly navigate the joys and challenges of what it means to be British in 2024. The run starred Thomas Coombes (Baby Reindeer), Paapa Essiedu, (I May Destroy You, Gangs of London), Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Sharon Duncan-Brewster (Dune) and was directed by Clint Dyer (NT Deputy Artistic Director). The 'uniquely brilliant' (Evening Standard) Death of England trilogy is unmissable. This collection was published to coincide with the West End run of the Death of England trilogy which ran from July to September 2024 at London's @sohoplace.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350525596

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Home Rule

By: Clare Boylan

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Home Rule

By: Clare Boylan

When aristocratic Englishwoman Elinore Dubois married a handsome young Irishman, her mother warned her that he would give her ten children and leave her destitute. In fact there are only nine Devlins, but in a two-roomed Dublin tenement, Elinore vents her disappointment on her seven daughters and in particular, on beautiful Daisy, whose refusal to accept the grim realities of her life infuriates Mama - and masks the tragic secret of her childhood. Set in Dublin at the turn of the century, Home Rule is a vivid and poignant portrait of a family of spirited girls at the disposal of men and mothers and a celebration of the humourless life force that sustains them. This is the sequel to HOLY PICTURES.

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0349109672

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Book's by Clare Gittings

Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

50 LGBTQI+ who changed the world

50 LGBTQI+ who changed the world

Medievalist Traditions in Nineteenth-century British Culture

Medievalist Traditions in Nineteenth-century British Culture

Patent Inventions - Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

Patent Inventions - Intellectual Property and the Victorian Novel

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

Death, Burial and the Individual in Early Modern England

The National Portrait Gallery Book of the Tudors

The National Portrait Gallery Book of the Tudors

Death of England

Death of England

Home Rule

Home Rule

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