TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tolmie,Sarah
TI  - The art of dying /Sarah Tolmie
T2  - The Hugh MacLennan poetry series
SN  - 9780773552722
AV  - PR9199 .A786 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Montreal, Kingston, London, Chicago
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Canadian poetry
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Poems; 2; 2; b
N2  - "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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