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020			_a9781836004226
028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/103A, H. No.-15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi _c: ZBD-2026-27-0118 _d: 14/07/2026
082			_a393.09 GAM
100			_aGambine, Paul.
245			_aBeyond the Veil _b: The Victorian Obsession with Death and Mourning. _c/ Paul Gambine.
260			_b: Frances Lincoln _c, 2026.
300			_a207p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b2010
520			_aHumans have always had ways of marking death, but in Victorian England death became a morbid obsession that went global – death was as much ‘celebrated’ as it was a source of fear and sadness. Queen Victoria herself became a figurehead of grief after the death of her beloved Prince Albert in 1861. Her ensuing fascination with death took many visual forms – from her ritualised embrace of black clothing to the building of ostentatious monuments – and massively influenced cultural norms in both the UK and further afield. The Victorians built complex cemeteries, collected precious memento mori, commissioned bizarre death portraits and obsessed over the correct mourning attire and funerary protocol, while turn-of-the century America saw reflections of many of these cultural phenomena. The bestsellers of the period were often about life and death (think Frankenstein and Dracula), while the art, architecture and style – with its often dark and heavy gothic overtones – revelled in the glamorisation of death. Beyond the Veil brings this extraordinarily elaborate and stylised visual culture together while expertly explaining and elaborating on its most peculiar and fascinating aspects.
650			_aVictorian Obsession
650			_aBeyond the Veil
650			_aDeath and Mourning
700			_aPaul Gambino.
942			_cBOOK
999			_c70487 _d70487