On Retiring To Kendal (and Beyond)

A Literary Excursion - Php 368

BY PETER BIEN

Brief Description:
Retiring to Kendal is obviously one's final move before "and beyond." This leads the author to wonder whether death is an unmitigated calamity. Would it be better to live forever? Not, presumably, if debility were included. But what about eternal youthfulness and health? Guided by literary passages from Homer and Shakespeare to Kazantzakis and Cavafy, the author concludes, strangely, that death actually enhances life rather than negating it.

Pendle Hill 2003 27 PP. Paper

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