tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post6941320572217395296..comments2024-03-29T04:32:14.759-07:00Comments on Strange Company: Book Review: "The Victorian Book of the Dead," by Chris WoodyardUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-57334551020780079932014-10-20T09:36:39.416-07:002014-10-20T09:36:39.416-07:00What an excellent read that must be! The Victorian...What an excellent read that must be! The Victorians are, in my opinion, an unfairly maligned group of people. If we today view their obsession with death as morbid, what will future generations say about our obsession with sex? Which is the more frivolous? But really, even some of the most bizarre rituals surrounding death in the Victorian age were, as you wrote, "sincere demonstrations of profound sorrow." If we indulged in them now, perhaps we could put half the psychiatrists out of business.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com