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Epitaph Culture in the West
Karl Siegfried Guthke
其他書名
Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
出版Edwin Mellen Press, 2003
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / GeneralSocial Science / Death & Dying
ISBN07734678589780773467859
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QznXAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.