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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Page 399
... began to disturb the pleasure and propriety of their life . She began to be jealous without any cause , expected him to devote his whole attention to her , found fault with everything , and made coarse and ill - mannered scenes . At ...
... began to disturb the pleasure and propriety of their life . She began to be jealous without any cause , expected him to devote his whole attention to her , found fault with everything , and made coarse and ill - mannered scenes . At ...
Page 415
... began to examine himself in the glass , first full face , then in profile . He took up a portrait of himself taken with his wife , and compared it with what he saw in the glass . The change in him was im- mense . Then he bared his arms ...
... began to examine himself in the glass , first full face , then in profile . He took up a portrait of himself taken with his wife , and compared it with what he saw in the glass . The change in him was im- mense . Then he bared his arms ...
Page 437
... began again . He drove everybody away and tossed from side to side . His wife came to him and said : " Jean , my dear , do this for me . It can't do any harm and often helps . Healthy people often do it . " He opened his eyes wide ...
... began again . He drove everybody away and tossed from side to side . His wife came to him and said : " Jean , my dear , do this for me . It can't do any harm and often helps . Healthy people often do it . " He opened his eyes wide ...
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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