Mapping Mortality

". . . a thoughtful and humane book . . ."—Sixteenth Century Journal

"William Engel is a master teacher [whose] diction is striking, precise, and memorable."—Sewanee Review

". . . the novelty of Engel's approach is the rigour with which he argues his case for seeing all these large topics [mortality, memory, and melancholy] as closely interdependent for a range of writers."—Review of English Studies

". . . as cleverly conceived as it is cleverly written. It rivets the attention . . . [and] will be remembered as a major contribution . . . [a] considerable addition to intellectual history."—Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance