The Resource The black mirror : looking at life through death, Raymond Tallis
The black mirror : looking at life through death, Raymond Tallis
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The item The black mirror : looking at life through death, Raymond Tallis represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College.
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- Summary
- In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis reflects on the fundamental fact of existence: that it is finite. Inspired by E.M. Forster's thought that "Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him," Tallis invites readers to look back on their lives from a unique standpoint: one's own future corpse. From this perspective, he shows, the world now vacated can be seen most clearly in all its richness and complexity. Tallis blends lyrical reflection, humor, and the occasional philosophical argument as he explores his own postmortem recollections. He considers the biological processes and the senses that opened up his late world and the million-nooked space in which he passed his life. His inert, dispossessed body highlights his ceaseless activity in life, the mind-boggling inventory of his possessions, and the togetherness and apartness that characterized his relationships in the material and social worlds. Tallis also touches on the idea of a posthumous life in the memories of those who outlive him. Readers who accompany Tallis as he considers his life through death will appreciate with new intensity the precariousness and preciousness of life, for here he succeeds in his endeavor to make "the shining hour" shine more brightly
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Contents
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- Overture: In the beginning was the word
- Part one: Ending. To the sunless land
- Last respects
- Part two: Before. A being in the world. Organic accounts
- Elements
- Space: senses
- Space: distance
- Space: partitions
- Space: closeness
- Space as theatre: much ado
- A space of his own: having
- Semantic space
- Inter-space: together & apart
- Inner space: on an extinguished flame
- Towards 'the late RT.' Auguries of insignificance
- Outliving
- Limits
- Tidying up
- Part three: After. Last rites
- Afterlife
- Coda
- Isbn
- 9780300217001
- Label
- The black mirror : looking at life through death
- Title
- The black mirror
- Title remainder
- looking at life through death
- Statement of responsibility
- Raymond Tallis
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this beautifully written personal meditation on life and living, Raymond Tallis reflects on the fundamental fact of existence: that it is finite. Inspired by E.M. Forster's thought that "Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him," Tallis invites readers to look back on their lives from a unique standpoint: one's own future corpse. From this perspective, he shows, the world now vacated can be seen most clearly in all its richness and complexity. Tallis blends lyrical reflection, humor, and the occasional philosophical argument as he explores his own postmortem recollections. He considers the biological processes and the senses that opened up his late world and the million-nooked space in which he passed his life. His inert, dispossessed body highlights his ceaseless activity in life, the mind-boggling inventory of his possessions, and the togetherness and apartness that characterized his relationships in the material and social worlds. Tallis also touches on the idea of a posthumous life in the memories of those who outlive him. Readers who accompany Tallis as he considers his life through death will appreciate with new intensity the precariousness and preciousness of life, for here he succeeds in his endeavor to make "the shining hour" shine more brightly
- Cataloging source
- DWP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Tallis, Raymond
- Dewey number
- 128
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- BD431
- LC item number
- .T1235 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Life
- Death
- Mind and body
- Death
- Life
- Mind and body
- Leben
- Tod
- Philosophie
- Label
- The black mirror : looking at life through death, Raymond Tallis
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 5)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Overture: In the beginning was the word -- Part one: Ending. To the sunless land -- Last respects -- Part two: Before. A being in the world. Organic accounts -- Elements -- Space: senses -- Space: distance -- Space: partitions -- Space: closeness -- Space as theatre: much ado -- A space of his own: having -- Semantic space -- Inter-space: together & apart -- Inner space: on an extinguished flame -- Towards 'the late RT.' Auguries of insignificance -- Outliving -- Limits -- Tidying up -- Part three: After. Last rites -- Afterlife -- Coda
- Control code
- ocn920470004
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300217001
- Lccn
- 2015940159
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o920470004
- (OCoLC)920470004
- Label
- The black mirror : looking at life through death, Raymond Tallis
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 5)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Overture: In the beginning was the word -- Part one: Ending. To the sunless land -- Last respects -- Part two: Before. A being in the world. Organic accounts -- Elements -- Space: senses -- Space: distance -- Space: partitions -- Space: closeness -- Space as theatre: much ado -- A space of his own: having -- Semantic space -- Inter-space: together & apart -- Inner space: on an extinguished flame -- Towards 'the late RT.' Auguries of insignificance -- Outliving -- Limits -- Tidying up -- Part three: After. Last rites -- Afterlife -- Coda
- Control code
- ocn920470004
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 344 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300217001
- Lccn
- 2015940159
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o920470004
- (OCoLC)920470004
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