The art of dying /Sarah Tolmie.
Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
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- 9780773552722
- PR9199 .A786 2018
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Poems.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Sarah Tolmie describes this book as "a contemporary Ars moriendi." It belongs to a rich tradition, going back to the Middle Ages and beyond, of 'Arts of ... ' books (loving, writing, painting, etc.) Compared to Trio, her previous book in MQUP's poetry series, this one is shorter - not just in its page count, but also because some of the poems are quite short, almost aphorisms. Unlike Trio, which was a collection of 120 sonnets, The Art of Dying is not married to a single form; it is basically satirical; and to an unusual extent for a poetry collection, it's more or less thesis-driven (arguing that our euphemisms and denials of death are nauseating and that the idea of a digital afterlife is folly). She adds: "A world of cheer, as you can intuit.""--
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