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Death and the Author - How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered (Hardcover)
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Death and the Author - How D. H. Lawrence Died, and Was Remembered (Hardcover)
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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 series of
reflections about 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, the consequences
of dying intestate, and so on. These are clearly not the most
immediately appealing of topics but they have an obvious
significance for everyone and the treatment of them here is by no
means lugubrious (even if, in the nature of the case, most of the
jokes fall into the category of gallows humour). Lawrence is the
main focus throughout but there are extended references to a number
of other famous literary consumptives such as Keats, Katherine
Mansfield, Kafka, Chekhov, and George Orwell. Not a long book,
Death and the author is divided into three parts called `Dying',
`Death' and `Remembrance' and is made up of twenty-two short
sections. Although it incorporates a good deal of original
material, the annotation has been kept deliberately light. The aim
has been to combine the drama of events - a good story - with a
consideration of matters which must eventually concern us all, and
to present the material in a lively and accessible form.
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