Tag Archives: life after death

Even Dead Trees Cast a Shadow

By Robin Bates | Published: March 4, 2024

Gilpin’s poem “Life after Death” prompts us to honor those who have gone before.

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Philip Pullman’s Unorthodox Afterlife

By Robin Bates | Published: November 4, 2023

In “Amber Spyglass,” Pullman rebels against orthodox versions of the afterlife and creates his own.

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged "World", "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep", Adonais, Aeschylus, Afterlife, Amber Spyglass, Dante, Divine Comedy, Eumenides, Golden Compass, Henry Vaughan, Inferno, Mary Elizabeth Frye, Oresteia trilogy, Paradiso, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Philip Pullman | Comments closed