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Publisher
Bodleian Library
Publication date
June 15, 2016
Pages
128
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781851244515
ISBN-10
1851244514
Dimensions
0 by 4.33 by 6.75 in.
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$17.50
Other format details
university press
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Epitaphs are words to be remembered by, short poems or phrases literally written in stone. They can be practical, carrying some variation of the familiar âHere Lies,â but they can also be brilliantly creative with personally meaningful quotes or words written especially by or for the deceased. From the simple to the cleverly cryptic, epitaphs are meant to leave a lasting impressionâand many certainly do.
Epitaphs brings together more than 250 epitaphs from cemeteries, churchyards, monuments, and historical records. Some announce the cause of death with a surprisingly macabre sense of humor: âHere lies John Ross. Kicked by a hoss.â Others wryly remind readers of their own impending mortality, such as a tombstone whose rhyming inscription reads âAs I am now you will surely be. / Prepare thyself to follow me.â In death as in life, many of the most famous writers were not at a loss for words. Emily Dickinsonâs concise wit is evident in her headstoneâs inscription âCalled Back.â Yeats encouraged the horsemen of the apocalypse to âpass by.â Shakespeareâs funerary monument at Stratford-upon-Avon carries the warning âCurst be he that moves my bones,â an inscription many believe the Bard himself wrote to prevent his corpse from being exhumed in the name of research, a common practice at the time.
As tribute to a form of expression that is very much alive, Epitaphs collects some of the most intriguing examples, many of which perfectly encapsulate the person buried beneath them.
Epitaphs brings together more than 250 epitaphs from cemeteries, churchyards, monuments, and historical records. Some announce the cause of death with a surprisingly macabre sense of humor: âHere lies John Ross. Kicked by a hoss.â Others wryly remind readers of their own impending mortality, such as a tombstone whose rhyming inscription reads âAs I am now you will surely be. / Prepare thyself to follow me.â In death as in life, many of the most famous writers were not at a loss for words. Emily Dickinsonâs concise wit is evident in her headstoneâs inscription âCalled Back.â Yeats encouraged the horsemen of the apocalypse to âpass by.â Shakespeareâs funerary monument at Stratford-upon-Avon carries the warning âCurst be he that moves my bones,â an inscription many believe the Bard himself wrote to prevent his corpse from being exhumed in the name of research, a common practice at the time.
As tribute to a form of expression that is very much alive, Epitaphs collects some of the most intriguing examples, many of which perfectly encapsulate the person buried beneath them.
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Hardcover
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