Death in LiteratureColumbia University Press, 1980 - 451 pages 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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Page 388
... Ivan Ilych's death , the mere fact of the death of a near acquaintance aroused , as usual , in all who heard of it the com- placent feeling that , " it is he who is dead and not I. " Each one thought or felt , " Well , he's dead but I'm ...
... Ivan Ilych's death , the mere fact of the death of a near acquaintance aroused , as usual , in all who heard of it the com- placent feeling that , " it is he who is dead and not I. " Each one thought or felt , " Well , he's dead but I'm ...
Page 403
... Ivan Ilych , since Zachar Ivanovich was a friend and colleague of his . In Moscow this news was confirmed , and on reaching Petersburg Ivan Ilych found Zachar Ivanovich and received a definite promise of an ap- pointment in his former ...
... Ivan Ilych , since Zachar Ivanovich was a friend and colleague of his . In Moscow this news was confirmed , and on reaching Petersburg Ivan Ilych found Zachar Ivanovich and received a definite promise of an ap- pointment in his former ...
Page 430
... Ivan Ilych knew well . His son had always seemed pathetic to him , and now it was dreadful to see the boy's frightened look of pity . It seemed to Ivan Ilych that Vasya was the only one besides Gerasim who understood and pitied him ...
... Ivan Ilych knew well . His son had always seemed pathetic to him , and now it was dreadful to see the boy's frightened look of pity . It seemed to Ivan Ilych that Vasya was the only one besides Gerasim who understood and pitied him ...
Contents
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
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