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 197
... seemed to be trying to say something but finding it impossible , and she kept her eyes fixed on him . " Good evening , Alëna Ivanovna , " he began , as easily as possible , but his voice refused to obey him , and was broken and ...
... seemed to be trying to say something but finding it impossible , and she kept her eyes fixed on him . " Good evening , Alëna Ivanovna , " he began , as easily as possible , but his voice refused to obey him , and was broken and ...
Page 410
... seemed to him that the meaning of what the doctor had said was that it was very bad . Everything in the streets seemed depressing . The cabmen , the houses , the passers - by , and the shops , were dismal . His ache , this dull gnawing ...
... seemed to him that the meaning of what the doctor had said was that it was very bad . Everything in the streets seemed depressing . The cabmen , the houses , the passers - by , and the shops , were dismal . His ache , this dull gnawing ...
Page 430
... seemed pathetic to him , and now it was dreadful to see the boy's frightened look of pity . It seemed to Ivan Ilych that Vasya was the only one besides Gerasim who understood and pitied him . They all sat down and again asked how he was ...
... seemed pathetic to him , and now it was dreadful to see the boy's frightened look of pity . It seemed to Ivan Ilych that Vasya was the only one besides Gerasim who understood and pitied him . They all sat down and again asked how he was ...
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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