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 183
... killed her own brother to help her husband , Jason , Medea was emotionally crushed when Jason turned her aside for a new wife . In planning her revenge Medea considered various methods of killing ( fire , sword , and poison ) which ...
... killed her own brother to help her husband , Jason , Medea was emotionally crushed when Jason turned her aside for a new wife . In planning her revenge Medea considered various methods of killing ( fire , sword , and poison ) which ...
Page 184
... killed with no more thought than is given to killing any loathsome animal . Several of the selections in this section focus on death by killing in the context of war . The Iliad , a generally savage portrayal of the Trojan War ...
... killed with no more thought than is given to killing any loathsome animal . Several of the selections in this section focus on death by killing in the context of war . The Iliad , a generally savage portrayal of the Trojan War ...
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... killing himself , avoids a greater evil , for an example an unhappy life , or the shame of sin . Therefore a man may kill himself . Obj . 4. Further , Samson killed himself , as related in Judges xvi , and yet he is numbered among the ...
... killing himself , avoids a greater evil , for an example an unhappy life , or the shame of sin . Therefore a man may kill himself . Obj . 4. Further , Samson killed himself , as related in Judges xvi , and yet he is numbered among the ...
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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