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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... looked at Rufus , at Catherine , and again at Rufus . “ Do you understand ? " They looked at her . After a while Catherine said , " He hurt his chin . " " Yes , Catherine . He did , " she replied . " They believe he was instantly killed ...
... looked at Rufus , at Catherine , and again at Rufus . “ Do you understand ? " They looked at her . After a while Catherine said , " He hurt his chin . " " Yes , Catherine . He did , " she replied . " They believe he was instantly killed ...
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... looked around at my parents , and was surprised to see that my father and mother also looked old and frail . My father , his own hair very gray , leaned over the quietly sleeping old man who , incidentally , smelled still of wine and ...
... looked around at my parents , and was surprised to see that my father and mother also looked old and frail . My father , his own hair very gray , leaned over the quietly sleeping old man who , incidentally , smelled still of wine and ...
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... looked fuller than it ever had looked before . There was a faint indefinably cloying odor . The sailor looked with superstition , nervously , with puckered forehead . Then he whispered to Eugene : " I g - g - guess that's Ben , all ...
... looked fuller than it ever had looked before . There was a faint indefinably cloying odor . The sailor looked with superstition , nervously , with puckered forehead . Then he whispered to Eugene : " I g - g - guess that's Ben , all ...
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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