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Online Talk · Dead Man Standing and Other Victorian Mourning Myths, with Chris Woodyard, Author of "A is For Arsenic, The ABC of Victorian Death"

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Victorian mourning has often been seen as a collection of bizarre and morbid practices. Persistent legends have arisen—and spread on social media—about standing post-mortem photographs, tear bottles, mourning dolls, and unlucky crape. This talk will look at Victorian/Edwardian texts and images in an attempt to sort out fact from fiction in the world of Victorian mourning.

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