The Power of Death
The Power of Death

Author: Maria-José Blanco

Publisher: Berghahn Books

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1782384340

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The social and cultural changes of the last century have transformed death from an everyday fact to something hidden from view. Shifting between the practical and the theoretical, the professional and the intimate, the real and the fictitious, this collection of essays explores the continued power of death over our lives. It examines the idea and experience of death from an interdisciplinary perspective, including studies of changing burial customs throughout Europe; an account of a“dying party” in the Netherlands; examinations of the fascination with violent death in crime fiction and the phenomenon of serial killer art; analyses of death and bereavement in poetry, fiction, and autobiography; and a look at audience reactions to depictions of death on screen. By studying and considering how death is thought about in the contemporary era, we might restore the natural place it has in our lives.

Reflections on Death (Classic Reprint)
Reflections on Death (Classic Reprint)

Author: William Dodd

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-24

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780483789418

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Excerpt from Reflections on Death But, indeed, I did not know to Whom I could, with greater propriety, inscribe a work of this nature, than to a nobleman, whose regular life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.