Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 37: Death

In this episode, your host puts on her funeral weeds and weeps for the history of mourning!

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Schor, Esther H. 1994. Bearing the Dead : The British Culture of Mourning from the Enlightenment to Victoria. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press.

Caitlin Doughty. “The 19th Century Spirit Photography Grift.” Youtube.

Caitlin Doughty. “We Recreated A Victorian Funeral.” Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlF-EtoGBo17 December 2019. 

Caitlin Doughty. “RECREATING 19th CENTURY DEATH & MOURNING PHOTOGRAPHS.” Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7SPbfK0EOg. 11 January 2020.