The wake of Wellington : Englishness in 1852 /

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Soldier, hero, and politician, the Duke of Wellington is one of the best-known figures of nineteenth-century England. From his victory at Waterloo over Napoleon in 1815, he rose to become prime minister of his country. But Peter Sinnema finds equal fascination in Victorian England's response to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sinnema, Peter W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2006.
Series:Series in Victorian Studies.
Subjects:
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, > Duke of, > 1769-1852 > Death and burial.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, > Duke of, > 1769-1852 > Influence.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, > Duke of, > 1769-1852 > Mort et sépulture.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, > Duke of, > 1769-1852
1800 - 1899
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
National characteristics, English > History > 19th century.
Funérailles > Rites et cérémonies > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Anglais > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Death and burial of a person
Civilization
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
National characteristics, English
England > Civilization > 19th century.
Angleterre > Civilisation > 19e siècle.
England
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A chronology of the Duke of Wellington
  • Aftereffects : Wellington and Englishness
  • First rehearsal : exhibition
  • Second rehearsal : simplicity
  • The waiting game : selling Wellington and crowd anxiety
  • Obsequies and sanctification
  • Irish opposition
  • Epilogue : the Hyde Park Corner controversy.

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