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 409
... doctor put on just the same air towards him as he himself put on towards an accused person . The doctor said that so - and - so indicated that there was so - and - so in- side the patient , but if the investigation of so - and - so did ...
... doctor put on just the same air towards him as he himself put on towards an accused person . The doctor said that so - and - so indicated that there was so - and - so in- side the patient , but if the investigation of so - and - so did ...
Page 410
... doctor's summing up Ivan Ilych concluded that things were bad , but that for the doctor , and perhaps for everybody else , it was a matter of indifference , though for him it was bad . And this conclusion struck him painfully , arousing ...
... doctor's summing up Ivan Ilych concluded that things were bad , but that for the doctor , and perhaps for everybody else , it was a matter of indifference , though for him it was bad . And this conclusion struck him painfully , arousing ...
Page 427
... doctor does not wish to understand this ques- tion , and Ivan Ilych says : " Just as terrible as ever . The pain never leaves me and never subsides . If only something ... " " Yes , you sick people are always like that . . . . There ...
... doctor does not wish to understand this ques- tion , and Ivan Ilych says : " Just as terrible as ever . The pain never leaves me and never subsides . If only something ... " " Yes , you sick people are always like that . . . . There ...
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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