{"product_id":"a-death-of-ones-own-terry-eagleton-9780300293029","title":"A Death of One's Own: Reflections on Mortality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn engaging, insightful meditation on death, from one of our leading minds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath is ever-present in literature. From Shakespearean tragedies to elegiac poetry, the spectre of human mortality has always haunted writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging and personal account, Terry Eagleton examines the ways in which western culture has reflected on death. Eagleton looks at the works of novelists, poets, and playwrights--including Andrew Marvell and Dylan Thomas, Samuel Beckett and Andrew Carter. He draws together topics from a broad range of work, from comedy and humour to the literature of mortality and tragedy, to explore the ideas and individuals which have been central to his spiritual and intellectual life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an erudite and humorous meditation on what it feels like to be at the end of days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terry Eagleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 030029302X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300293029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Terry Eagleton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48623566782719,"sku":"9780300293029","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-death-of-ones-own-terry-eagleton-9780300293029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}