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 19
... voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a ...
... voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty , and she glides Into his darker musings , with a mild And healing sympathy , that steals away Their sharpness , ere he is aware . When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a ...
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... voice of the male nurse in the corridor alongside my door saying in a mater - of - fact voice : " Bed number 12 has died ! " I said to myself : " Mohamed Ali Akbar has lost his name , he is Bed number 12. " What do I mean now when I ...
... voice of the male nurse in the corridor alongside my door saying in a mater - of - fact voice : " Bed number 12 has died ! " I said to myself : " Mohamed Ali Akbar has lost his name , he is Bed number 12. " What do I mean now when I ...
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... voice beside him say : " What's in the old box ? " He looked at the source of the voice and saw , as in a dream , the face of a young , clean - shaven man with fair hair who was pointing at the box and looking at something . The moment ...
... voice beside him say : " What's in the old box ? " He looked at the source of the voice and saw , as in a dream , the face of a young , clean - shaven man with fair hair who was pointing at the box and looking at something . The moment ...
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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