Death in LiteratureThis 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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... appeared in major re- ligious traditions , as well as in philosophy . In Hinduism , for example , the nonviolent principle of ahimsa has brought about a general opposition to self - destruction , even though justifiable exceptions have ...
... appeared in major re- ligious traditions , as well as in philosophy . In Hinduism , for example , the nonviolent principle of ahimsa has brought about a general opposition to self - destruction , even though justifiable exceptions have ...
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... appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of all , as to one untimely born , he appeared also to me . But some one will ask , " How are the dead raised ? With what kind of body do they come ? " You foolish man ! What you sow ...
... appeared to James , then to all the apostles . Last of all , as to one untimely born , he appeared also to me . But some one will ask , " How are the dead raised ? With what kind of body do they come ? " You foolish man ! What you sow ...
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... appeared in The New Yorker . " Lilith's Child " is reprinted by permission of Edward Francisco . The poem origi- nally appeared in the Phoenix , published by the University of Tennessee Press . Selected excerpts are reprinted from ...
... appeared in The New Yorker . " Lilith's Child " is reprinted by permission of Edward Francisco . The poem origi- nally appeared in the Phoenix , published by the University of Tennessee Press . Selected excerpts are reprinted from ...
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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