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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... light , but how distant , how inaccessible ! He was still sinking , for the light became fainter and fainter until it was a mere glimmer . Then it began to grow and brighten , and he knew that he was rising toward the surface - knew it ...
... light , but how distant , how inaccessible ! He was still sinking , for the light became fainter and fainter until it was a mere glimmer . Then it began to grow and brighten , and he knew that he was rising toward the surface - knew it ...
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... light . " Gilgamesh said , " Although I should go in sorrow and in pain , with sighing and with weeping , still I ... light , he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him . After two leagues the darkness was thick and there was no ...
... light . " Gilgamesh said , " Although I should go in sorrow and in pain , with sighing and with weeping , still I ... light , he could see nothing ahead and nothing behind him . After two leagues the darkness was thick and there was no ...
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... light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night . Good men , the last wave by , crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a ...
... light . Though wise men at their end know dark is right , Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night . Good men , the last wave by , crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a ...
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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