Life After Death: The Art of the ObituaryMelbourne Univ. Publishing, 01/01/2006 - 256 páginas The obituary pages of our quality newspapers have been described as 'oases of calm in a world gone mad', 'a lovely part of the paper to linger in', and 'writing that matters'. Entertaining, inspiring and informative, they serve as a legitimate instrument of history, and have enjoyed an extraordinary revival in popularity over the past twenty years. Life After Death investigates-and celebrates-the development of the obituary form in the British, American, and Australian press. Author Nigel Starck tracks down the earliest exercise in obituary publication (in 1622), then traces the evolution of the form over four centuries, from times when the obituary was the reserve of royalty and privilege to its contemporary egalitarian mode. Along the way Dr Starck delves into a multitude of lives, from the heroic to the comic, the saintly to the downright villainous, the exemplary to the eccentric. Meet, in the posthumous cast list, Major Digby Tatham-Warter, of Britain's Parachute Regiment, who carried an umbrella into battle just in case it rained; the absent-minded Australian barrister Pat Lanigan, who drove from Canberra to Sydney and then flew back, leaving his car behind; and the eccentric American publisher Eddie Clontz, whose newspaper reported (exclusively, of course) that 'tiny terrorists' were disguising themselves as garden gnomes. Life After Death also incorporates a connoisseur's collection of ten obituaries reprinted in full: the subjects include Helen Keller, Diana Mosley, Quentin Crisp, George Wallace, and Rosa Parks. Without doubt, Life After Death is a book that will outlive its author-as an enduring celebration of journalism's dying art. 'Canon Smith expired after suffering an unfortunate disagreement with his bishop.'-The Sydney Morning Herald, 1882 'Minnesota Fats died at his home in Nashville. He was eighty-two, or perhaps ninety-five.'-The New York Times, 1996 |
Índice
discovery and definition | 1 |
The obituary art in blossom | 23 |
a contribution to history | 45 |
Revival of the dying art | 63 |
obituarists and their art | 85 |
who makes the obituary page? | 104 |
terror and dilemma in obituary editing | 136 |
A connoisseurs collection | 159 |
How to write obituaries | 220 |
Epilogue | 236 |
Notes | 238 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
achieved Alden Whitman American anecdote Angeles appeared Association of Obituarists Atlanta Australian Baranick became Britain Bullamore Canberra career celebrated century Chapter Charles Henri Ford colonial Crisp Daily Telegraph daughter dead Diana Diana Mosley died Earl early eccentric edition friends Gazette Gentleman's Magazine Guardian Helen Helen Keller Hugh Massingberd instance instant biography interview Jack Waterford Jim Nicholson John journalism Juddery Khama later lives London Lord marriage married Massingberd Melbourne Miss Keller Miss Sullivan Mosley never newsbook newspaper obituary obituaries editor obituary art obituary columns obituary pages obituary practice obituary publication obituary writer obituary's offered paid obituary paper Parks posthumous printed published Quentin Crisp readers recorded reported revival says Seretse Khama South Wales South Wales Echo story style survived Sydney Morning Herald Telegraph obituaries told University Victorian wife William words World writing wrote York Times obituaries
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Remember Me: Constructing Immortality - Beliefs on Immortality, Life, and Death Margaret Mitchell Pré-visualização indisponível - 2007 |