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The last word : reviving the dying art of eulogy

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    Publisher:
    Coach House Books, 2017
  • Publisher:
    Coach House Books, 2017
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Cooper, Julia
    Date:
    Created
    2017
    Summary:

    The Last Word investigates the debased art of eulogy. Through insightful, surprisingly playful readings of famous eulogies (from a scene in Love Actually to Jacques Derrida's heart-rending essays on the deaths of his peers), Cooper argues against the socially sanctioned desire to avoid thinking about death that results in clichéd memorials, honouring neither the living nor the dead.

    Contents:
    • Cover
    • Title
    • Copyright
    • Prologue
    • The Fairy-Tale Funeral
    • Great Men to Mourn
    • The Futility of Progress
    • A Loss for Words
    • Ordinary Ruins
    • The Amateur's Art
    • Works Cited
    • About the Author
    • About the Exploded Views Series.
    Genre:
    Literary arts, Social science
    Subject(s): Eulogies | Praise
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Coach House Books
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781770565029, 1770565027, 9781770565036, 1770565035, 9781770565012, 1770565019