This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture
since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval
developments in the major European countries as well as in North
America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them
the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as
well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with
epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies,"
humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes
toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and
intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the
question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the
present time.
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