Graceful Death: The Use of Victorian Elements in Grace Episcopal Churchyard, St. Francisville, Louisiana and St. Helena's Churchyard, Beaufort, South Carolina

In 1966 James Deetz and Edwin Dethlefsen illustrated how changes in tombstone iconography could be correlated to the spread of changing Puritan beliefs about death. This thesis addresses the possibilities that the adoption of Victorian tombstone style and iconography can be used to trace the spread...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Colquette, Marian Patricia
Other Authors: Heather McKillop
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1102103-142417/