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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... night , he gave me a wide black cover cloth and then gave me a separate room to sleep inside , but when I entered the room , I met a bed which was made with bones of human - beings ; but as this bed was terrible to look at or to sleep ...
... night , he gave me a wide black cover cloth and then gave me a separate room to sleep inside , but when I entered the room , I met a bed which was made with bones of human - beings ; but as this bed was terrible to look at or to sleep ...
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... night - sweats routine . Perhaps , as after the October penumonia , I shall make a halfway come- back , with no fever and feeling reasonably well as long as I get my hemo- globin and platelet transfusions . And just perhaps , although ...
... night - sweats routine . Perhaps , as after the October penumonia , I shall make a halfway come- back , with no fever and feeling reasonably well as long as I get my hemo- globin and platelet transfusions . And just perhaps , although ...
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... night , Old age should burn and rave at close of day ; Rage , rage against the dying of the light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night ...
... night , Old age should burn and rave at close of day ; Rage , rage against the dying of the light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night ...
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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