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 158
... hand , or seemed to leap- He must have given the hand . However it was , Neither refused the meeting . But the hand ! The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh , As he swung toward them holding up the hand Half in appeal , but half as ...
... hand , or seemed to leap- He must have given the hand . However it was , Neither refused the meeting . But the hand ! The boy's first outcry was a rueful laugh , As he swung toward them holding up the hand Half in appeal , but half as ...
Page 165
... hand over Catherine's hand and Rufus could see that her chin was trembling . " He died , Catherine , " she said . " That's what your mother means . God put him to sleep and took him , took his soul away with Him . So he can't come home ...
... hand over Catherine's hand and Rufus could see that her chin was trembling . " He died , Catherine , " she said . " That's what your mother means . God put him to sleep and took him , took his soul away with Him . So he can't come home ...
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... hand . " But what makes you so pale ? And your hands are trembling . Are you ill or something ? " " Fever , " he answered abruptly . " You can't help being pale ... when you haven't anything to eat , " he added , hardly able to ...
... hand . " But what makes you so pale ? And your hands are trembling . Are you ill or something ? " " Fever , " he answered abruptly . " You can't help being pale ... when you haven't anything to eat , " he added , hardly able to ...
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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