Author: Henry R. Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258850258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
Comic Epitaphs
Author: Henry R. Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258850258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258850258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1957 edition.
Comic Epitaphs: From the Very Best Old Graveyards
Author: Henry R. Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781104838997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781104838997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Last Laughs
Author: Kathleen E. Miller
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402729690
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Laugh in the face of death! That’s what this bold, brash, and often irreverent collection of epitaphs encourages readers to do. It offers more than just the deceased’s name and dates of birth and death, plus a touching phrase in memorial. Instead, every fascinating quote presents an unexpectedly cheeky perspective on the tragic, like this one from Uniontown, New Jersey: "Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake; stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake.” Some come from the gravestones of the famous: Bette Davis’s proudly notes that "she did it the hard way.” Each thought-provoking line makes an indelible contribution to our folklore.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402729690
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Laugh in the face of death! That’s what this bold, brash, and often irreverent collection of epitaphs encourages readers to do. It offers more than just the deceased’s name and dates of birth and death, plus a touching phrase in memorial. Instead, every fascinating quote presents an unexpectedly cheeky perspective on the tragic, like this one from Uniontown, New Jersey: "Here lies the body of Jonathan Blake; stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake.” Some come from the gravestones of the famous: Bette Davis’s proudly notes that "she did it the hard way.” Each thought-provoking line makes an indelible contribution to our folklore.
Curious Epitaphs
Author: William Andrews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Epitaph Culture in the West
Author: Karl Siegfried Guthke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
This book examines a number of facets of Western epitaph culture since antiquity, with particular emphasis on post-medieval developments in the major European countries as well as in North America. Various epitaphic "sub-cultures" are analyzed, among them the time-honored custom of composing one's own tomb inscription as well as the ancient and modern convention of honoring animals with epitaphs. It also examines epitaph-collecting, epitaph "lies," humorous epitaphs, and the change in social and religious attitudes toward suicides. The book concludes with a cultural and intellectual history of epitaphs. An epilogue addresses the question of the supposed disappearance of epitaph culture at the present time.
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1794
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)
Publisher: Copyright Office, Library of Congress
ISBN:
Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 1794
Book Description
Includes Part 1, Number 1 & 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals (January - December)
Reading the Gravestones of Old New England
Author: John G.S. Hanson
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476643296
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The graveyards of old New England hold an incredible range of poetic messages in the epitaphs etched into the gravestones, each a profound expression of emotion, culture, religion, and literature. These epitaphs are old, but their themes are timeless: mourning and faith, grief and hope, loss, and memory. This book tells the story of a years-long walk among gravestones and shares insights gained along the way. It identifies the source texts and authors chosen for these stones; interprets something of the tastes and beliefs of the people who did the choosing; offers some hypotheses on the various ways these texts were accessible to readers in remote towns and villages; gives a brief summary of the religious context of the times; and reflects on how the language and literature chosen for these epitaphs express these peoples' conflicted and evolving attitudes towards life, death, and eternity.
Over Their Dead Bodies
Author: Thomas Clifford Mann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781566190497
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781566190497
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Yellowed Pages
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Epitaphs
Author: Samuel Fanous
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781851244515
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Epitaphs are a unique artform. In previous centuries they were regarded as an opportunity to celebrate, mourn, reflect on, philosophize, lament, or affirm the individual and the mystery of life and death, often giving rise to carefully crafted verse.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781851244515
Category : Epitaphs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Epitaphs are a unique artform. In previous centuries they were regarded as an opportunity to celebrate, mourn, reflect on, philosophize, lament, or affirm the individual and the mystery of life and death, often giving rise to carefully crafted verse.