Remembrances and Celebrations: A Book of Eulogies, Elegies, Letters, and Epitaphs

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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 920.02 EAN: 9780375401237 ISBN: 0375401237 Label: Pantheon Manufacturer: Pantheon Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: 1999-05-18 Publisher: Pantheon Release Date: 1999-05-18 Studio: Pantheon
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Editorial Reviews: This is a collection of powerful and inspirational responses to loss and to the age-old impulse to honor and memorialize the uniqueness of each human being. For the bereaved, the ritual of delivering a eulogy can seem insurmountably difficult. Remembrances and Celebrations provides gentle guidance in this profoundly important task, with a wide range of examples of memorial tributes and expressions of bereavement drawn from both the famous and the obscure, from ancient times to the present. Here are the words of famous lovers: Henry Miller's homage to Anais Nin, Lillian Hellman's eulogy for Dashiell Hammett. Here are fallen heroes commemorated, in the heartfelt words of Yitzhak Rabin's granddaughter at his funeral, in Ossie Davis's farewell to Malcolm X, in Earl Spencer's tribute to the Princess of Wales. Here, too, are moving letters: Charles Dickens to his wife on the death of their daughter, Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson on his daughter's death, an anonymous Royal Air Force pilot to his mother on the eve of his final battle. Auden's "Funeral Blues" is here, along with the Cavafy poem recited by Maurice Tempelsman at Jacqueline Onassis' service. And there is room for humor as well, as in Hilaire Belloc's famous epitaph, "When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'" Remembrances and Celebrations is a comforting and affecting anthology of the literature of mourning, and a welcome aid in times of our own bereavement.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: wonderful book of words from life's most difficult times Comment: This book contains 50 eulogies (Rupert Brooke by Winston Churchill, Malcolm X by Ossie Davis, Robert Kennedy by Edward Kennedy, etc.); 42 letters of condolence (Herman Hesse to Thomas Mann, James Michener to his friends, RAF pilot to his mother, etc.); 50 elegies (songs or poems, by Langston Hughes, Emily Bronte, Noel Coward, etc.); and 110 epitaphs from the graves of Thomas Jefferson, T.S. Eliot, Hilaire Belloc and others -- my favorite: "Here lies Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith, Marble cutter./Monuments of the same style, $350." The selections are touching, and although it would have been nice to have name and location information about the epitaphs, the book is still an eloquent tribute to one of life's most difficult times. Customer Rating: Summary: This book is amazing! Everyone should read it! Comment: This is a great book. Everyone who is dealing with or has delt with the loss of someone should read this book! It will help them. Customer Rating: Summary: This book is amazing! Everyone should read it! Comment: This is a great book. Everyone who is dealing with or has delt with the loss of someone should read this book! It will help them. Customer Rating: Summary: this book is amazing!!! everyone should read it! Comment: this book was great..this book should be read by everyone who has delt or is dealing with death Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic, a must for everyone who has loved and lost! Comment: Ms. Harris shows uncommon sensitivity in her choice of authors. I was moved to tears of joy and sorrow on several occasions. Without a doubt Ms Harris's work will rank as one of the most thoughful and provocative volumes of how we, as human beings, deal with grief and ultimately move on. More Reviews