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 52
... lives and penances Is earth itself upheld ; Of all which live or shall live Upon its hills and fields , Pure hearts are the ' protectors , ' For virtue saves and shields . " Never are noble spirits Poor while their like survive ; True ...
... lives and penances Is earth itself upheld ; Of all which live or shall live Upon its hills and fields , Pure hearts are the ' protectors , ' For virtue saves and shields . " Never are noble spirits Poor while their like survive ; True ...
Page 97
... live in the moment you literally have to have the sense of having nothing to live for . Not in the sense of future economic opportunities and that sort of thing , but just realizing that there is no real purpose to life and being able ...
... live in the moment you literally have to have the sense of having nothing to live for . Not in the sense of future economic opportunities and that sort of thing , but just realizing that there is no real purpose to life and being able ...
Page 437
... live ! I want to live ! " he said to himself . His wife came in to congratulate him after his communion , and when uttering the usual conventional words she added : " You feel better , don't you ? " Without looking at her he said " Yes ...
... live ! I want to live ! " he said to himself . His wife came in to congratulate him after his communion , and when uttering the usual conventional words she added : " You feel better , don't you ? " Without looking at her he said " Yes ...
Contents
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
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