Death's Jest Book (Fyfield Books)
Book Details
Author(s)Thomas Lovell Beddoes
PublisherCarcanet Press Ltd.
ISBN / ASIN1857545990
ISBN-139781857545999
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,789,842
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
Initially conceived as a satirical tragedy unmasking the terror of death, this book was the counterpart of Beddoe's anatomical research. This edition presents the jest book in its early form, as Beddoes intended to publish it in 1829. The center of Beddoe's achievement, this pastiche of Renaissance tragedy is replete with treachery, murder, sorcery, and haunting and is the extravagant expression of the poet's lifelong obsession with mortality and immortality.

