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Western attitudes toward death : from the Middle Ages to the present / Philippe Ariès ; translated by Patricia M. Ranum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ariès, Philippe, author.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 4th.
- The Johns Hopkins symposia in comparative history ; 4th
- Standardized Title:
- Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Death.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 111 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1974.
- Language Note:
- English translation from the French
- Summary:
- Reveals the change in Western man's conception and acceptance of death as evidenced in customs, literature, and art since medieval times.
- Contents:
- I. Tamed Death
- II. One's Own Death
- III. Thy Death
- IV. Forbidden Death.
- Notes:
- Translation of Essais sur l'histoire de la mort en Occident.
- Johns Hopkins paperbacks edition, 1975.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0057-X
- OCLC:
- 608385667
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