Death in LiteratureColumbia University Press, 1980 - 451 Seiten This book will show the richness and diversity of death as a subject in a variety of literary genres. Second, it will demonstrate the timelessness of the subject of death in literature, as evidence by selections ranging from 2300 B.C. to A.D. 1979. Third, it will reflect a variety of cultural traditions through selections from India, China, Japan, Greece, Nigeria, Lebanon, Russia, Germany, England, France, Spain, Ireland, and the United States. Fourth, it will be a helpful book for teaching courses on death in the humanities and a beneficial book for all persons who want to enrich their lives by sensitizing themselves to the mortality shared by us all. |
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... arms , Though tempered heavenly ; for that mortal dint , Save he who reigns above , none can resist . " THE CAROL OF DEATH Walt Whitman ( 1819-1892 ) A close personal friend of Lincoln , Whitman was terribly upset when he heard of the ...
... arms , Though tempered heavenly ; for that mortal dint , Save he who reigns above , none can resist . " THE CAROL OF DEATH Walt Whitman ( 1819-1892 ) A close personal friend of Lincoln , Whitman was terribly upset when he heard of the ...
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... arms ! ... Ready ! . . . Aim ! ... Fire ! " Farquhar dived - dived as deeply as he could . The water roared in his ears like the voice of Niagara , yet he heard the dulled thunder of the volley and , rising again toward the surface ...
... arms ! ... Ready ! . . . Aim ! ... Fire ! " Farquhar dived - dived as deeply as he could . The water roared in his ears like the voice of Niagara , yet he heard the dulled thunder of the volley and , rising again toward the surface ...
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... arms on the arms of his oak chair ; bending over as usual to a colleague and drawing his papers nearer he would interchange whispers with him , and then suddenly raising his eyes and sitting erect would pronounce certain words and open ...
... arms on the arms of his oak chair ; bending over as usual to a colleague and drawing his papers nearer he would interchange whispers with him , and then suddenly raising his eyes and sitting erect would pronounce certain words and open ...
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DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
Urheberrecht | |
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