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 68
... tell me where my tapster was . Immediately this old man told or promised me so , I went away , but after I had traveled about one mile away then I used one of my juju and at once I changed into a very big bird and flew back to the roof ...
... tell me where my tapster was . Immediately this old man told or promised me so , I went away , but after I had traveled about one mile away then I used one of my juju and at once I changed into a very big bird and flew back to the roof ...
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... tell me ? Is there anything I can do for you ? " Yes , she had changed her mind after sixty years and she would like to see George . I want you to find George . Find him and be sure to tell him I forgot him . I want him to know I had my ...
... tell me ? Is there anything I can do for you ? " Yes , she had changed her mind after sixty years and she would like to see George . I want you to find George . Find him and be sure to tell him I forgot him . I want him to know I had my ...
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... telling you— " " Mother , Father Connolly's here . " " I went to Holy Communion only last week . Tell him I'm not so sinful as all that . " " Father just wants to speak to you . " He could speak as much as he pleased . It was like him ...
... telling you— " " Mother , Father Connolly's here . " " I went to Holy Communion only last week . Tell him I'm not so sinful as all that . " " Father just wants to speak to you . " He could speak as much as he pleased . It was like him ...
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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