Going Down the Drain: Sweeney Todd, Sewerage, and London Sanitation in the 1840s.
Journal Title: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature - Year 2019, Vol 43, Issue 2
Abstract
of human remains as the equivalent of human excrement. In the mid-nineteenth century, London underwent a transformation in terms of its waste and sanitation management, involving changes which were often controversial and generated considerable debate and discussion in all areas of society. Many of these changes had a disproportionate affect on the urban poor who were also the main readers of the penny bloods and dreadfuls, so it is no surprise to find that sanitation is a major topic in these fictions. The article argues that the Sweeney Todd serial acts as an intervention into these discussions.
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Jarlath Killeen
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- DOI 10.17951/lsmll.2019.43.2.3-18
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