Without and Within: Victorian Mourning and Treatment of the DeadMain MenuFleeing Death: Victorian Paranoia Concerning Public HealthFirst SectionDying Well and Loved: At the Moment of Death and MourningSecond SectionWearing and Burying Death: Fashion, Mourning, and Public Displays of DeathThird SectionUp and Down the Stair with Burke and Hare: Body-SnatchingFourth SectionWeird Science: Anatomical Use of the DeadFifth SectionWorks Cited/Full-Texts/Further ReadingsKyle Brett425ed005fc457ac8e436783036f285b42b192fb4
I am focusing on the titular poem, "Post-Mortem," which highlights the social importance of using the unknown dead for medical dissections. This is a fascinating move in which these unknown, sometimes social outcasts, are lauded as providing a heroic service to their country and fellows. Published in 1896 as a standalone work by poet, Reginald Beckett.