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9780199546657

Death and the Author How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered

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    9780199546657

  • ISBN10:

    0199546657

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-08-15
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

At the heart of Death and the Author is a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis during his last days, and of certain, often bizarre events which followed his death. Around this narrative David Ellis offers a series of reflections about what it is like to have a disease for which there is no cure, the appeal of alternative medicine, the temptation of suicide for the terminally ill, the diminishing role of religion in modern life, the institution of famous last words, the consequences of dying intestate, and so on. These are clearly not the most immediately appealing of topics but they have an obvious significance for everyone and the treatment of them here is by no means lugubrious (even if, in the nature of the case, most of the jokes fall into the category of gallows humor). Lawrence is the main focus throughout but there are extended references to a number of other famous literary consumptives such as Keats, Katherine Mansfield, Kafka, Chekhov or George Orwell. Not a long book, Death and the author is divided into three parts called "Dying," "Death" and "Remembrance" and is made up of twenty-two short sections. Although it incorporates a good deal of original material, the annotation has been kept deliberately light. The aim has been to combine the drama of events--a good story--with a consideration of matters which must eventually concern us all, and to present the material in a lively and accessible form.

Author Biography

David Ellis is emeritus professor of English Literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

Table of Contents

Dying
Bandol
Tuberculosis
Denial
The sanatorium
Alternative medicine
Being ill
Death and the after-life
Ending it all
Death
Andrew Morland
Ad Astra
Visitors
The hour of our death
Famous last words
Funeral
Pilgrims
Remembrance
Will power
Lying for truth
Image rights
Settling scores
Celebrations
Mortal remains
Apotheosis Postscript: on the fear of death
Acknowledgements and sources
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