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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... everything that was normal and everything that was a deviation from the normal . Then , suddenly , in a few days , her own body fell out of this harmo- nious and great system , struck the hard earth , and turned out to be a helpless ...
... everything that was normal and everything that was a deviation from the normal . Then , suddenly , in a few days , her own body fell out of this harmo- nious and great system , struck the hard earth , and turned out to be a helpless ...
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... everything , positively everything he could within the limits of such relations , and in doing so would maintain the semblance of friendly human relations , that is , would observe the courtesies of life . As soon as the official ...
... everything , positively everything he could within the limits of such relations , and in doing so would maintain the semblance of friendly human relations , that is , would observe the courtesies of life . As soon as the official ...
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... everything went off well , except that it led to a violent quarrel with his wife about the cakes and sweets . Praskovya Fëdorovna had made her own plans , but Ivan Ilych insisted on getting everything from an expensive confectioner and ...
... everything went off well , except that it led to a violent quarrel with his wife about the cakes and sweets . Praskovya Fëdorovna had made her own plans , but Ivan Ilych insisted on getting everything from an expensive confectioner and ...
Inhalt
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
Urheberrecht | |
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