The gender of death : a cultural history in art and literature
An illustrated historical study of gendered personifications of death in Western art, literature, and culture.
xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9780521591959, 9780521644600, 0521591953, 0521644607
1000981703
Introduction: why this book? 1. Imagining the unimaginable: death personified; 2. The Middle Ages: the unfortunate Fall; 3. Renaissance and Baroque: the devil incarnate; 4. The Romantic age: 'How wonderful is death'; 5. From decadence to postmodernity: the stranger at the masked ball; Epilogue: death immortalising life.