The English Poetic Epitaph

The English Poetic Epitaph
Author: Joshua Scodel
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1991
Genre: Death in literature
ISBN: 9780801424823

In the first major study of the genre, Joshua Scodel shows how English poets have used the poetic epitaph to express their views concerning the power and limitations of poetry as a response to human mortality.