Death's door : modern dying and the ways we grieve / Sandra M. Gilbert.
| Author/creator | Gilbert, Sandra M. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : W.W. Norton, ©2006. |
| Description | xxv, 580 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | 1. Arranging my mourning: five meditations on the psychology of grief -- Death opens -- Widow -- Yahrzeit -- E-mail to the dead -- Writing wrong -- 2: History makes death: how the twentieth century reshaped dying and mourning -- Expiration/termination -- Technologies of death -- Technologies of dying -- A day in the death of ... -- Millennial mourning -- 3: The handbook of heartbreak: contemporary elegy and lamentation -- On the beach with Sylvia Plath -- Was the nineteenth century different, and luckier? -- "Rats' alley" and the death of pastoral -- Monsters of elegy -- Apocalypse now (and then). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 464-553) and index. |
| LCCN | 2004065430 |
| ISBN | 0393051315 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HQ1073 .G54 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |