The Dominion of the Dead |
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| Author:
| Harrison, Robert Pogue |
| ISBN: | 978-0-226-31793-9 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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How do the living maintain relations to the dead? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living--the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us.
How do the living maintain relations to the dead? In The Dominion of the Dead, Robert Pogue Harrison considers the supreme importance of these questions to Western civilization, exploring the many places where the dead cohabit the world of the living--the graves, images, literature, architecture, and monuments that house the dead in their afterlife among us.