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 79
... present , sole heiress of all my estate , both real and personal , after all my just debts and legacies have been paid and deducted out of my goods and chattels ; and the first charges on the estate shall be salaries due to my ...
... present , sole heiress of all my estate , both real and personal , after all my just debts and legacies have been paid and deducted out of my goods and chattels ; and the first charges on the estate shall be salaries due to my ...
Page 106
... present condition are far worse . I am incontinent . It is the most embarrassing , god - awful thing in the world . I have a car robe over my knees and a urinal bottle on the far side of my desk . I can- not get up and get to the ...
... present condition are far worse . I am incontinent . It is the most embarrassing , god - awful thing in the world . I have a car robe over my knees and a urinal bottle on the far side of my desk . I can- not get up and get to the ...
Page 379
... present time . But if H. is not a body — and the body I loved is certainly no longer she - she is in no place at all . And " the present time " is a date or point in our time series . It is as if she were on a journey without me and I ...
... present time . But if H. is not a body — and the body I loved is certainly no longer she - she is in no place at all . And " the present time " is a date or point in our time series . It is as if she were on a journey without me and I ...
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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