The Birth of Art & Death First Installment: Introduction

A History of the Dead

Cover art by John David Ebert

The following is an unpublished manuscript that I was working on in the years 2005-08 and left unfinished. However, it is mostly completed so I am going to publish it on Substack chapter by chapter.

Introduction

This books begins with two questions and then attempts, through the unfolding of its pages, to answer them:

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