James Fenton - The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or en...

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The term 'epitaph' itself means 'something to be spoken at a burial or engraved upon a tomb.' When an epitaph is a poem written for a tomb, and appears in a book, we are aware that we are not reading it in its proper form: we are reading a reproduction. The original of the epitaph is the tomb itself, with its words cut into the stone.

James Fenton

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Der Begriff "Epitaph" selbst bedeutet "etwas, das bei einem Begräbnis gesprochen oder in ein Grab gestochen werden soll". Wenn ein Epitaph ein Gedicht ist, das für ein Grab geschrieben wurde und in einem Buch erscheint, wissen wir, dass wir es nicht in seiner richtigen Form lesen: Wir lesen eine Reproduktion. Das Original des Epitaphs ist das Grab selbst, dessen Worte in den Stein geschnitten sind.

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