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 94
... continued to be what to tell him . If the tumor was indeed mostly gone , how then explain the continued bulging ? But beyond this there were larger questions . Why was Johnny being subjected to this merciless experience ? I tried to ...
... continued to be what to tell him . If the tumor was indeed mostly gone , how then explain the continued bulging ? But beyond this there were larger questions . Why was Johnny being subjected to this merciless experience ? I tried to ...
Page 399
... continued to live in his usual easy and pleasant way , invited friends to his house for a game of cards , and also tried going out to his club or spend- ing his evenings with friends . But one day his wife began upbraiding him so ...
... continued to live in his usual easy and pleasant way , invited friends to his house for a game of cards , and also tried going out to his club or spend- ing his evenings with friends . But one day his wife began upbraiding him so ...
Page 401
... continued to flow as he considered it should do- pleasantly and properly . So things continued for another seven years . His eldest daughter was already sixteen , another child had died , and only one son was left , a schoolboy and a ...
... continued to flow as he considered it should do- pleasantly and properly . So things continued for another seven years . His eldest daughter was already sixteen , another child had died , and only one son was left , a schoolboy and a ...
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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