Arts of Dying: Literature and Finitude in Medieval England.
- Author / Editor
- Smith, D. Vance.
Arts of Dying: Literature and Finitude in Medieval England.
- Published
- Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020.
- Physical Description
- x, 299 pp.
- Description
- Explores a tradition of literature about dying that "combines medieval work
on the philosophy of language with contemporary theorizing on death and dying." Analyzes dying and tragedy in KnT, PardT, and BD.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism
Book of the Duchess
Knight and His Tale
Pardoner and His Tale