Death Smiles at All of Us - Abley, Kayden
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What happens when a child dies? How does society treat parents after they have lost a child? Was death any different in the Victorian era than in today's world? This thoughtful analysis examines child death in Victorian Scotland. Questions around money, child safety, class prejudices, and societal shortcomings are examined here in depth, focusing on wide-ranging historical and literary primary sources such as Scottish folktales, children's diaries, novels, and newspapers. This book provides some excellent insights into Scottish culture and life during the nineteenth century, looking at how…mehr

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What happens when a child dies? How does society treat parents after they have lost a child? Was death any different in the Victorian era than in today's world? This thoughtful analysis examines child death in Victorian Scotland. Questions around money, child safety, class prejudices, and societal shortcomings are examined here in depth, focusing on wide-ranging historical and literary primary sources such as Scottish folktales, children's diaries, novels, and newspapers. This book provides some excellent insights into Scottish culture and life during the nineteenth century, looking at how parents dealt with profound loss, and at the society which shaped them.
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Kayden Abley is a Canadian author who has been published in the anthologies Amanda Goes To Italy (Girls Gone By Press) and Under The Poet Tree (Pedlar Press). He has a diploma in Fine Arts from Dawson College, an Honors BA in Celtic Studies from the University of Toronto and a Master's degree in Scottish Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He also completed the academic portion of Humber College's Funeral Services Education program, where he studied grief counselling, embalming theory and practice, funeral law and funeral planning, among other topics.His first book, Nonmonogamy and Death, will be published by Thornapple Press in 2024.His second book, Death Smiles at All of Us: Child Death in Victorian Scotland, based on his 2011 MSc. thesis from the University of Edinburgh, is available now in ebook form, and the paperback/hardcover copies will be out shortly. He also is the owner/operator of Timeskip Press, a micro publishing company, which publishes vintage and contemporary works.