Dickens’s Burial in Westminster Abbey: The Untold Story

School of Arts, English and Languages

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reading Dickens Differently
Editors	Leon Litvack, Nathalie Vanfasse
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Chapter	1
Pages	15-45
Number of pages	31
ISBN (Print)	9781119602224
Publication status	Published - Jan 2020

Keywords

Dickens, Charles
Reading practices
Theoretical approaches

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Literature and Literary Theory

1 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

The Plot to Bury Dickens: Capitalising on the Demise of a Victorian Celebrity
Leon Litvack (Keynote speaker)
09 Jun 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

File

Dickens: His Final Chapter -- City of Westminster Guides Association, Aug 2020
Leon Litvack
26/08/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
The Nation's Memory: Westminster Abbey on Charles Dickens's death and burial. Westminster Abbey Website, 9 June 2020
Leon Litvack
08/06/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Dickens and the institutionally-sanctioned body snatchers: BBC Radio Ulster, 5 Feb 2020
Leon Litvack
05/02/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment

3 Article
1 Book
1 Digital or Visual Products

Charles Dickens: newly discovered documents reveal truth about his death and burial: This piece was read 121,000 times in The Conversation and its syndicated publications in 2020. there were also 223,000 radditional eads from Yahoo News UK (not reported to the Conversation dashboard).
Litvack, L., 04 Feb 2020, In: The Conversation.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
File
Charles Dickens and Westminster Abbey: The Elusive Times Leader of 13 June 1870
Litvack, L., 01 May 2020, In: The Dickensian. 116, 1, p. 49-53 5 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Even in Death, Charles Dickens Left Behind a Riveting Tale of Deceit: New research unravels the scheme to bury the Victorian writer in Westminster Abbey—against his wishes
Litvack, L., 05 Feb 2020, In: Smithsonian Magazine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

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