Death and the author
Subtitle: how D. H. Lawrence died, and was remembered
By: David Ellis.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780199546657
Subjects: Lawrence, D. H. -- 1885-1930 -- Death and burial; Lawrence, D. H. -- 1885-1930 -- Last years; Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "We are always reluctant to think about our own death but one way of being able to do so is through the experience of eloquent others. David Ellis's fascinating account of the last days of D.H. Lawrence, and of the sometimes bizarre events which followed his death, makes for compelling reading." "The book includes thoughtful and often grimly humorous reflections on what it is like to have a disease for which there is no cure, the appeal of alternative medicine, the temptation of suicide for the terminally ill, the diminishing role of religion in modern life, the institution of famous last words, and the consequences of dying interstate." "Lawrence is the main focus throughout but there are extended references to Keats, Katherine Mansfield, Kafka, Chekhov and George Orwell and other famous literary consumptives."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Dying. Bandol; title: Tuberculosis; title: Denial; title: The sanatorium; title: Alternative medicine; title: Being ill; title: Death and the afterlife; title: Ending it all; title: Death.  Andrew Morland; title: Ad astra; title: Visitors; title: The hour of our death; title: Famous last words; title: Funeral; title: Pilgrims; title: Remembrance. Willpower; title: Lying for truth; title: Image rights; title: Settling scores; title: Celebrations; title: Mortal remains; title: Apotheosis; title: Postscript: on the fear of death.