In the midst of winter: Selections from the literature of mourning

In the midst of winter: Selections from the literature of mourning by Moffat, Mary Jane. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780394521169.

Death silences not only those it takes, but those it leaves behind#58; All too typically we can neither express our grief nor express sympathy for the bereaved. In his sensitive collection, toss finds a voice #151; or several voices #151; in the poetry, fiction, letters, and diaries of the worlds great writers. Here are James Agee, recording the shock of his fathers death; William Shakespeare, making poetry of Cleopatras grief; the Biblical wisdom of The Book of Lamentations"; the psychological acuity of Marcel Proust. Here are mourners from classical Rome to eleventh-century China, from the Paiute Indians to present-day Ireland. Arranged in sections that correspond to the stages of mourning, In the Midst of Winter is a collection whose breadth and resonance make it invaluable and utterly unique.