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 361
... hope that when I arrive where I am traveling , there if anywhere I shall suffi- ciently possess that for which all our study has been pursued in this past life . So the journey which has been commanded for me is made with good hope ...
... hope that when I arrive where I am traveling , there if anywhere I shall suffi- ciently possess that for which all our study has been pursued in this past life . So the journey which has been commanded for me is made with good hope ...
Page 428
... hope , put to him as to whether there was a chance of recovery , said that he could not vouch for it but there was a possibility . The look of hope with which Ivan Ilych watched the doctor out was so pathetic that Praskovya FĂ«dorovna ...
... hope , put to him as to whether there was a chance of recovery , said that he could not vouch for it but there was a possibility . The look of hope with which Ivan Ilych watched the doctor out was so pathetic that Praskovya FĂ«dorovna ...
Page 434
... hope to be shattered . Latterly during that loneliness in which he found himself as he lay fac- ing the back of the sofa , a loneliness in the midst of a populous town and surrounded by numerous acquaintances and relations but that yet ...
... hope to be shattered . Latterly during that loneliness in which he found himself as he lay fac- ing the back of the sofa , a loneliness in the midst of a populous town and surrounded by numerous acquaintances and relations but that yet ...
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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