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 189
... side ; but he is in the town , and Athene has fooled me . Death is no longer far away ; he is staring me in the face and there is no escaping him . Zeus and his Archer Son must long have been resolved on this , for all their goodwill ...
... side ; but he is in the town , and Athene has fooled me . Death is no longer far away ; he is staring me in the face and there is no escaping him . Zeus and his Archer Son must long have been resolved on this , for all their goodwill ...
Page 209
... side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge . DULCE ET DECORUM EST Wilfred Owen ( 1893-1918 ) A promising young British poet , Owen was killed one week before the armistice of November 1918 , as he led a group of British ...
... side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge . DULCE ET DECORUM EST Wilfred Owen ( 1893-1918 ) A promising young British poet , Owen was killed one week before the armistice of November 1918 , as he led a group of British ...
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... side by side , showed no excitement . In another instant the car hit the water and dropped immediately out of sight . A little later it lodged in the mud of a shallow place . One wheel of the crushed and upturned little Ford became ...
... side by side , showed no excitement . In another instant the car hit the water and dropped immediately out of sight . A little later it lodged in the mud of a shallow place . One wheel of the crushed and upturned little Ford became ...
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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