Theatre and the Threshold of Death: Lectures on the Dying Arts 9781350385535, 9781350385511, 9781350385528

Theatre and the Threshold of Death: Lectures on the Dying Arts 9781350385511, 9781350385528, 9781350385535

On the eve of a global pandemic, Kathleen Gough, a theatre professor, becomes immersed in the lives of five artist-mysti

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Dying, Bereavement and the Healing Arts 9781843105169

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Beyond the Good Death: The Anthropology of Modern Dying 9780812202076

Exploring the shaping of modern end-of-life experiences by medical, demographic, and cultural trends, James Green provid

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Beyond the Veil: Reflexive Studies of Death and Dying 9781800730656

Looking at the cultural responses to death and dying, this collection explores the emotional aspects that death provokes

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Death, Dying and the Ending of Life 9780754621744

Addressing key issues arising from the nature of death, 'Death, Dying and the Ending of Life' examines importa

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The Routledge Companion to Death and Dying 9781138852075, 9781315723747

Few issues apply universally to people as poignantly as death and dying. All religions address concerns with death from

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The Dying Game: A Curious History of Death

What really happens when you die? Melanie King reveals that the answer to that question is as fascinating as it is compl

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The Ideal Book: Essays on Lectures on the Arts of the Book [Reprint 2020 ed.] 9780520345225

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Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make 9780813549088

Today most people die gradually, from incremental illnesses, rather than from the heart attacks or fast-moving diseases

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Arts of Dying: Literature and Finitude in Medieval England 9780226641041

People in the Middle Ages had chantry chapels, mortuary rolls, the daily observance of the Office of the Dead, and even

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