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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... young , talented , and beautiful people make their ways toward death . Edgar Allan Poe's " The Emperor Worm " depicts human existence as a long- playing drama whose ultimate hero is a worm . Emily Dickinson points out that young boys ...
... young , talented , and beautiful people make their ways toward death . Edgar Allan Poe's " The Emperor Worm " depicts human existence as a long- playing drama whose ultimate hero is a worm . Emily Dickinson points out that young boys ...
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... young people and adults . The selections which follow focus on two aspects of the general subject of children , youth , and death . Some of the selections concentrate on the deaths of children and teenagers , and reveal in profound ways ...
... young people and adults . The selections which follow focus on two aspects of the general subject of children , youth , and death . Some of the selections concentrate on the deaths of children and teenagers , and reveal in profound ways ...
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... Young " is a mov- ing description of a young man's funeral procession which retraces the course he once traveled victoriously as an athlete . Robert Frost's “ Out , Out— ” is a remarkable portrayal of the suddenness and unexpectedness ...
... Young " is a mov- ing description of a young man's funeral procession which retraces the course he once traveled victoriously as an athlete . Robert Frost's “ Out , Out— ” is a remarkable portrayal of the suddenness and unexpectedness ...
Contents
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
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