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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... feel any less uneasy , because she knew there was something wrong . She was not as much interested in eating as she ... feel awful then , she feels awful now . But why didn't he come back when she said he would ? He went to heaven and ...
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... feel so good inside that the rumbles in my stomach . disappeared . And the solid hardness of the gound under my feet made me feel good inside , too . And the warm touch of the sun on my cheeks made me feel good inside , too . And , it ...
... feel so good inside that the rumbles in my stomach . disappeared . And the solid hardness of the gound under my feet made me feel good inside , too . And the warm touch of the sun on my cheeks made me feel good inside , too . And , it ...
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... feel anything about it . I wish I did . But nothing about it bothers me a bit . Half an hour after it happened , Dick was making jokes and I was laughing at them . Maybe we're not human . I'm human enough to feel sorry for myself ...
... feel anything about it . I wish I did . But nothing about it bothers me a bit . Half an hour after it happened , Dick was making jokes and I was laughing at them . Maybe we're not human . I'm human enough to feel sorry for myself ...
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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