num_pages: 425
description: In the first major study of the genre, Joshua Scodel shows how English poets have used the poetic epitaph to express their views concerning the power and limitations of poetry as a response to human mortality.
language: English
title: The English Poetic Epitaph: Commemoration and Conflict from Jonson to Wordsworth
titlecomplete: The English Poetic Epitaph: Commemoration and Conflict from Jonson to Wordsworth
ratings_count: 1
publisher: NCROL