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Dialogue on grief anD Consolation VIBS Volume 208 robert ginsberg Founding Editor leonidas Donskis Executive Editor Associate Editors g. John M. abbarno Matti Häyry george allan steven V. Hicks gerhold K. Becker richard t. Hull raymond angelo Belliotti Michael Krausz Kenneth a. Bryson Mark letteri C. stephen Byrum Vincent l. luizzi Harvey Cormier adrianne Mcevoy Robert A. Delfino Peter a. redpath rem B. edwards arleen l. f. salles Malcolm D. evans John r. shook Daniel B. gallagher eddy souffrant andrew fitz-gibbon tuija takala francesc forn i argimon emil Višňovský William gay anne Waters Dane r. gordon James r. Watson J. everet green John r. Welch Heta aleksandra gylling thomas Woods a volume in Lived Values, Valued Lives LVVL richard t. Hull, editor Dialogue on grief anD Consolation terence o’Connell amsterdam - new York, nY 2009 Cover Design: studio Pollmann the paper on which this book is printed meets the requirements of “iso 9706:1994, information and documentation - Paper for documents - requirements for permanence”. isBn: 978-90-420-2627-8 e-Book isBn: 978-90-420-2628-5 © editions rodopi B.V., amsterdam - new York, nY 2009 Printed in the netherlands Lived Values Valued Lives (LVVL) Richard T. Hull Editor Other titles in LVVL Dixie Lee Harris: Encounters in My Travels: Thoughts Along the Way. 2006. VIBS 174 Craig Clifford: Learned Ignorance in the Medicine Bow Mountains: A Reflection on Intellectual Prejudice. 2008. VIBS 199 To My Family Past, Present, and Future CONTENTS EDITORIAL FOREWORD xi RICHARD T. HULL PREFACE xiii INTRODUCTION 1 O NE Grief and Anger 7 T WO “ She’s No Longer Suffering” 13 T HREE “ She Had a Good Life” 23 FOUR Types of Grief and Comfort Strategies 29 F IVE The Annihilation Consolation 41 S IX D eath as a Deprivation 49 S EVEN W ould Immortality Be Good? 67 EIGHT Life as a Work of Art 91 N INE Death’s Impact on Survivors 109 T EN I s Constant Change Consoling? 127 E LEVEN I s Present Existence Better than Past Existence? 161 TWELVE Grief and Death’s Inevitability 179 T HIRTEEN The Cycle of Life and the Importance of Emotions 191 F OURTEEN B enefits and Harms of Grief 211 F IFTEEN G rief as a Way of Knowing 233 SIXTEEN Conclusion 257
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