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Elegy: Counting Up My Dead (For Sandra Burr), Jen Webb
Elegy: Counting Up My Dead (For Sandra Burr), Jen Webb
Animal Studies Journal
The loss of a loved one often forces the bereaved to question their philosophical frameworks, their ontology and epistemology foundations, and their own mortality. Following the recent and sudden death of Sandra Burr, my dear friend and valued colleague, I have been going through this same sad process. But the hard work of mourning is to some extent eased by time spent thinking about and reading through millennia of writings on being, death and grieving. The many thoughtful works by many fine writers provide vivid reminders that no matter who we might be, or in what context we live, the …