Livingstone, J.D. (2012) A “body” of evidence: the posthumous presentation of David Livingstone. Victorian Literature and Culture, 40(1), (doi: 10.1017/S1060150311000222)
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Abstract
It is Tuesday, 27 January 1874, and a telegram from her Majesty's Acting Consul-General at Zanzibar reaches the Foreign Office, reporting news of the death of Dr. David Livingstone. An incredulous British public struggles to disbelieve and discredit the account. Months later and, after an agonizing delay, the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Malwa arrives, bearing a broken and wizened body to port in Southampton. Waiting is a public throng, in mourning for its national hero. Later he is laid to rest in a chockablock Westminster Abbey, a public symbol of the national interest vested in Livingstone
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Livingstone, Dr Justin |
| Authors: | Livingstone, J.D. |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature |
| Journal Name: | Victorian Literature and Culture |
| ISSN: | 1060-1503 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1470-1553 |
| Published Online: | 07 March 2012 |
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