Tolmie, Sarah, <br/><br/>
The art of dying /Sarah Tolmie. 

 - Montreal ;  Kingston ;  London ;  Chicago :  McGill-Queen's University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - The Hugh MacLennan poetry series .
<br/><br/> Poems. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> "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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780773552722 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>2017904236X  can 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Canadian poetry.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR9199  / .A786 2018