The Rest Is Silence
Subtitle: Death as Annihilation in the English Renaissance
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: October 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 430
ISBN-13: 9780520219632
Subjects: Christianity; Cultural studies; Death & dying; Literary studies: general; Plays & playwrights: classical, early & medieval; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; England; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Renaissance; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Medieval
First sentence: As a reliable end to mortal suffering, death may sometimes be a "comfort," but not even Browne can confront its inevitability without a hint of vengefulness against its "villanie."