Angels and Absences: Child Deaths in the Nineteenth Century

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Authors: Laurence Lerner

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title	:	Angels and Absences : Child Deaths in the Nineteenth Century
author	:	Lerner, Laurence.
publisher	:	Vanderbilt University Press
isbn10 \| asin	:	0826512879
print isbn13	:	9780826512871
ebook isbn13	:	9780585034072
language	:	English
subject		English literature--19th century--History and criticism, Death in literature, Children--Great Britain--Mortality--History--19th century, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Characters--Children, Children
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	PR468.D42L47 1997eb
ddc	:	820.9/3548/09034
subject	:	English literature--19th century--History and criticism, Death in literature, Children--Great Britain--Mortality--History--19th century, American literature--19th century--History and criticism, Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870--Characters--Children, Children

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Angels and Absences

Child Deaths in the Nineteenth Century

LAURENCE LERNER

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY PRESS
Nashville & London

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This publication is made from recycled paper and meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lerner, Laurence.
Angels and absences: child deaths in the nineteenth century /
Laurence Lerner. 1st ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8265-1287-9 (alk. paper)
1. English literature19th centuryHistory and criticism.
2. Death in literature. 3. ChildrenGreat BritainMortality-
-History19th century. 4. American literature19th century-
-History and criticism. 5. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870Characters-
-Children. 6. ChildrenDeathPsychological aspects.
7. Sentimentalism in literature. 8. Children in literature.
I. Title.
PR468.D42L47 1997
820.9'3548'09034dc21

97-4572

CIP

Manufactured in the United States of America

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