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100 1 _aStoddart, Thomas Tod,
_d1810-1880
245 1 4 _aThe Death-Wake :
_bor Lunacy; a Necromaunt in Three Chimeras
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-08-27
508 _aProduced by Jonathan Ingram, Sankar Viswanathan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Death-Wake" by Thomas Tod Stoddart is a poem written in the mid-19th century. The narrative follows Julio, a monk haunted by the memory of his beloved Agathè, who has died, and explores themes of madness, love, and death. The imagery is rich and Romantic, echoing the emotional turmoil and the supernatural elements characteristic of the genre. At the start of "The Death-Wake," we are introduced to Julio, who mourns his lost love, Agathè, after her burial. The opening depicts a somber atmosphere as Julio grapples with his despair, reflecting on his noble lineage and the madness from which he suffers. As he navigates his grief, hallucinations and intense emotions propel him into an erratic engagement with death and the remnants of life. His idealization of Agathè blurts out through his desperate longing, culminating in actions that intertwine love with the macabre, leading to a tragic spiral toward his own demise. This opening establishes a haunting tone that permeates the text, engaging the reader with its profound exploration of love and loss. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPoetry
700 1 _aLang, Andrew,
_d1844-1912
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16601
999 _c57989
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