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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... sitting on the earth , lifted its head , And lulled it on her lap full tenderly . Thereat warm life returned : the ... sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been deposed ; some slain in war ; Some ...
... sitting on the earth , lifted its head , And lulled it on her lap full tenderly . Thereat warm life returned : the ... sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been deposed ; some slain in war ; Some ...
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... sit carelessly as was his wont , scanning the crowd with a thoughtful look and leaning both his emaciated arms on the arms of ... sitting erect would pronounce certain words and open the proceedings . But suddenly in the midst of those ...
... sit carelessly as was his wont , scanning the crowd with a thoughtful look and leaning both his emaciated arms on the arms of ... sitting erect would pronounce certain words and open the proceedings . But suddenly in the midst of those ...
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... sitting to a close , and return home with the sorrow- ful consciousness that his judicial labors could not as ... sits there as before , gnawing just the same ! " And he could no longer forget It , but could distinctly see it looking at ...
... sitting to a close , and return home with the sorrow- ful consciousness that his judicial labors could not as ... sits there as before , gnawing just the same ! " And he could no longer forget It , but could distinctly see it looking at ...
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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