Death and the author : how D.H. Lawrence died, and was remembered / David Ellis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ellis, David, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Death and burial.

Lawrence, D. H.

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930--Last years.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Organised around a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis, and of the bizarre events which followed his death, this book offers a series of often grimly humorous reflections on death and dying. Lawrence is the main focus throughout but there are references to a number of other famous literary consumptives. - ;At the heart of Death and the Author is a dramatic account of D. H. Lawrence's desperate struggle against tuberculosis during his last days, and of certain, often bizarre events which followed his death. Around this narrative David Ellis offers a seri

Contents:

Dying. Bandol

Tuberculosis

Denial

The sanatorium

Alternative medicine

Being ill

Death and the after-life

Ending it all

Death. Andrew Morland

Ad astra

Visitors

The hour of our death

Famous last words

Funeral

Pilgrims

Remembrance. Will-power

Lying for truth

Image rights

Settling scores

Celebrations

Mortal remains

Apotheosis

Postscript: on the fear of death.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-71806-8

9786611718060

0-19-156305-6

OCLC:

458705781