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Death's Jest Book

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Title
Title: Death's Jest Book
Author: Thomas Lovell Beddoes
ISBN: 9781857545999
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd.
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 128
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher 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.