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 143
... beginning of the road to his dream . The story was not as simple as in Abkha . Here it was without beginning , without end , without landmarks . It seemed to him that all the roads along which he walked were endless , that they ...
... beginning of the road to his dream . The story was not as simple as in Abkha . Here it was without beginning , without end , without landmarks . It seemed to him that all the roads along which he walked were endless , that they ...
Page 214
... the first day's dead in and around the hospital . Beginning on the second day , whenever a patient appeared to be moribund , a piece of paper with his name on it was fastened to his clothing . The corpse detail carried 214 DEATH BY KILLING.
... the first day's dead in and around the hospital . Beginning on the second day , whenever a patient appeared to be moribund , a piece of paper with his name on it was fastened to his clothing . The corpse detail carried 214 DEATH BY KILLING.
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... beginning to enjoy the discussion . That's where one of my petty vindictive revenges came in , " added Laura with an unrepentant chuckle ; " I turned the entire family of speckled Sussex into his seedling shed the day after the puppy ...
... beginning to enjoy the discussion . That's where one of my petty vindictive revenges came in , " added Laura with an unrepentant chuckle ; " I turned the entire family of speckled Sussex into his seedling shed the day after the puppy ...
Contents
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
Copyright | |
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