Death Has a Name: The Personification of Death in British Fantastic Fiction
Keywords:
death, personification, fantasy, fiction, Lee, Pratchett, British, Mort, Death’s MasterAbstract
The paper addresses the issue of the personification of death in British fantastic fiction based on an analysis of two novels, Pratchett’s Mort and Lee’s Death’s Master. Common features are located and discussed, drawing parallels between the two representations of death. These parallels are found on several levels, specifically the appearance and personality of death, purpose and origin, the realm of death, sexuality and gender, tiredness and the substitution of death.
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