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The essays in this collection are especially interested in finding resonances between literary deaths (which are, of necessity, constructed) and death as it has been more commonly understood over the eras and across geographical spaces. Encompassing a diverse range of mediums and genres – including biography and autobiography, documentary, drama, elegy, film, the novel and graphic novel, opera, picturebooks, poetry, television, and more – our contributors offer a dynamic mix of approaches that range from expansive perspectives on particular periods and genres to extended analyses of select case studies. As such, we include essays from every major Western period, including Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and so on, right up to the contemporary. The Companion is organized around six key areas, each with its own section introduction.
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