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 139
... happened on a scorchingly hot morning . Though the sun was not yet at the meridian , the surface of the road was hot and the desert blew gusts of dust - laden wind into his face . He knocked at a door which was answered by a young ...
... happened on a scorchingly hot morning . Though the sun was not yet at the meridian , the surface of the road was hot and the desert blew gusts of dust - laden wind into his face . He knocked at a door which was answered by a young ...
Page 214
... happened beyond the windows and doors . Ceilings and partitions had fallen ; plaster , dust , blood , and vomit were everywhere . Patients were dying by the hundreds , but there was nobody to carry away the corpses . Some of the ...
... happened beyond the windows and doors . Ceilings and partitions had fallen ; plaster , dust , blood , and vomit were everywhere . Patients were dying by the hundreds , but there was nobody to carry away the corpses . Some of the ...
Page 411
... happened that there was a contradiction between the indications drawn from the examination of the urine and the symptoms that showed themselves . It turned out that what was happening differed from what the doctor had told him , and ...
... happened that there was a contradiction between the indications drawn from the examination of the urine and the symptoms that showed themselves . It turned out that what was happening differed from what the doctor had told him , and ...
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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