Terry Eagleton A Death of One's Own

Literary theorist Terry Eagleton discusses his new book A Death of One's Own, a meditation on death in western culture, at Blackwell's Bookshop.

Terry Eagleton appears at Blackwell's Bookshop to talk about his new book A Death of One's Own, an hour-long event running 5:30–6:30pm. The book examines how western culture has reflected on death, drawing on writers including Andrew Marvell, Dylan Thomas, Samuel Beckett and Andrew Carter, spanning comedy, humour, tragedy and the literature of mortality. Eagleton, author of more than forty books including Literary Theory: An Introduction, offers a personal and humorous account of mortality and what it feels like to face the end of days.