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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... rest . Democritus , warned by a ripe old age That , with his memory , his powers of mind Were also failing , gave himself to death ; And Epicurus perished , that great man Whose genius towered over all the rest , Making their starry ...
... rest . Democritus , warned by a ripe old age That , with his memory , his powers of mind Were also failing , gave himself to death ; And Epicurus perished , that great man Whose genius towered over all the rest , Making their starry ...
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... rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and soul's delivery . Thou art slave to fate , chance , kings , and ...
... rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure ; then from thee much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and soul's delivery . Thou art slave to fate , chance , kings , and ...
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... rest , Take your rest , take your rest . Weep not - weep not , She is not dead ; She's resting in the bosom of Jesus . APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA W. Somerset Maugham ( 1874-1965 ) Death speaks : There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his ...
... rest , Take your rest , take your rest . Weep not - weep not , She is not dead ; She's resting in the bosom of Jesus . APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA W. Somerset Maugham ( 1874-1965 ) Death speaks : There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his ...
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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