Le ultime parole famose

Robert K. Elder, Last Words of the Executed (University of Chicago Press). Le ultime parole pronunciate dai circa 1600 condannati a morte in America dal 1659. "Why last words?  ... Last words were the most riveting, and after a little digging I was appalled to find no modern study of last words. My curiosity was: If these are the most dangerous, outcast members of society, why does it remain a cultural value to record what they say? And what can we learn from them?". newyorker.