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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... dark . BLIND DATE Conrad Aiken ( 1889-1973 ) No more the swanboat on the artificial lake its paddled path through neon light shall take ; the stars are turned out on the immortal ferris wheel , dark and still are the cars of the ...
... dark . BLIND DATE Conrad Aiken ( 1889-1973 ) No more the swanboat on the artificial lake its paddled path through neon light shall take ; the stars are turned out on the immortal ferris wheel , dark and still are the cars of the ...
Page 93
... dark silence , bury myself , Bring it , for darkness is dense around me , and the mists of sorrow are settled on high . Dawn fills the goblets of passion , yet they shatter in my hands ; Proud youth has fled into the past , and left on ...
... dark silence , bury myself , Bring it , for darkness is dense around me , and the mists of sorrow are settled on high . Dawn fills the goblets of passion , yet they shatter in my hands ; Proud youth has fled into the past , and left on ...
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... dark gap showed in the wall at about shoulder height and ran back under the breezeway , out of sight . The breezeway had been added to the house after the cellar was dug , and built out over this secret , earth - bottomed crevice . A ...
... dark gap showed in the wall at about shoulder height and ran back under the breezeway , out of sight . The breezeway had been added to the house after the cellar was dug , and built out over this secret , earth - bottomed crevice . 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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