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 57
... called In secret , riding through the air she comes , Lured with the smell of infant blood , to dance With Lapland witches , while the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms . The other Shape- If shape it might be called that shape had ...
... called In secret , riding through the air she comes , Lured with the smell of infant blood , to dance With Lapland witches , while the laboring moon Eclipses at their charms . The other Shape- If shape it might be called that shape had ...
Page 142
... called by anything but his name in full : Mohamed Ali Akbar , all in one . He refused to answer to anyone who called him Mohamed or Mohamed Ali and this soon be- came a habit with him . Even his sister Sabika did not dare to use a ...
... called by anything but his name in full : Mohamed Ali Akbar , all in one . He refused to answer to anyone who called him Mohamed or Mohamed Ali and this soon be- came a habit with him . Even his sister Sabika did not dare to use a ...
Page 353
... called to the man Gilgamesh , he called to the child of the gods : " Why have you come so great a journey ; for what have you traveled so far , crossing the dangerous waters ; tell me the reason for your coming ? " Gilgamesh answered ...
... called to the man Gilgamesh , he called to the child of the gods : " Why have you come so great a journey ; for what have you traveled so far , crossing the dangerous waters ; tell me the reason for your coming ? " Gilgamesh answered ...
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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