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 115
Robert F. Weir. am gone . But whereas now , Ananda , all the priests address each other with the title of ' brother , ' not so must they address each other after I am gone . A senior priest , Ananda , is to address a junior priest either ...
Robert F. Weir. am gone . But whereas now , Ananda , all the priests address each other with the title of ' brother , ' not so must they address each other after I am gone . A senior priest , Ananda , is to address a junior priest either ...
Page 180
... gone ? He had never gone before . But when I looked up at my parents I saw that they were holding back tears . They had loved him dearly . He was like a piece of rare and delicate china which was al- ways being saved from breaking and ...
... gone ? He had never gone before . But when I looked up at my parents I saw that they were holding back tears . They had loved him dearly . He was like a piece of rare and delicate china which was al- ways being saved from breaking and ...
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... gone it seemed to Ivan Ilych that he felt better ; the falsity had gone with them . But the pain remained - that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike , nothing 430 DEATH AS A LITERARY SUBJECT.
... gone it seemed to Ivan Ilych that he felt better ; the falsity had gone with them . But the pain remained - that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike , nothing 430 DEATH AS A LITERARY SUBJECT.
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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