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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... round Priam's town with flying feet , like powerful race - horses sweeping round the turn- ing - post , all out for the splendid prize of a tripod or a woman offered at a warrior's funeral games . They were watched by all the gods - in ...
... round Priam's town with flying feet , like powerful race - horses sweeping round the turn- ing - post , all out for the splendid prize of a tripod or a woman offered at a warrior's funeral games . They were watched by all the gods - in ...
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... round . They gazed in wonder at the size and marvelous good looks of Hector . And not a man of all who had collected there left him without a wound . As each went in and struck the corpse , he looked at his friends , and the jest went round ...
... round . They gazed in wonder at the size and marvelous good looks of Hector . And not a man of all who had collected there left him without a wound . As each went in and struck the corpse , he looked at his friends , and the jest went round ...
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... round'n round in ma mind . " " You could be gettin ' the car , " she said . " Oh yes , right away , baby . " He started round to the shed , limping heavily on his bad leg . There were three frizzly chickens in the yard . All his other ...
... round'n round in ma mind . " " You could be gettin ' the car , " she said . " Oh yes , right away , baby . " He started round to the shed , limping heavily on his bad leg . There were three frizzly chickens in the yard . All his other ...
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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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