Writing the Dead: Death and Writing Strategies in the Western Tradition (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture)
Armando Petrucci explores the relationship between death and writing in the Western tradition. Focusing on writing strategies and the representation of the dead, this study examines how written culture addresses mortality and remembrance. It is a focused contribution to the reading of medieval and Western cultural traditions.
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Writing the Dead examines the relationship between death and writing in the Western tradition.
Armando Petrucci considers the strategies through which writing addresses mortality, remembrance, and the representation of the dead.
Part of the Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture series, the book approaches its subject through the study of written culture.
It offers readers an interpretive work for exploring how writing gives form to ideas about death across the Western tradition.
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