Goodman, H (2015) Mourning masculinities: death, Dickens, and pathological melancholia. In: British Association for Victorian Studies (BAVS) Annual Conference: Victorian Age(s), 27 - 29 August 2015, Leeds Trinity University, UK.
Abstract
As Mr Dombey contemplates the prospect of his wife's death, following the birth of his son and heir, Dickens notes that 'he certainly had a sense within him, that if his wife should sicken and decay, he would be very sorry, and that he would find a something gone from among his plate and furniture, and other household possessions, which was well worth the having, and could not be lost without sincere regret. Though it would be a cool, business-like, gentlemanly, self-possessed regret, no doubt.'...
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