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 62
... passed the school where children played , Their lessons scarcely done ; We passed the fields of gazing grain , We passed the setting sun . We paused before a house that seemed A swelling on the ground ; The roof was scarcely visible ...
... passed the school where children played , Their lessons scarcely done ; We passed the fields of gazing grain , We passed the setting sun . We paused before a house that seemed A swelling on the ground ; The roof was scarcely visible ...
Page 146
... passed to and fro in front of him , a needle was plunged into his arm , and a face bent over him . Long days passed . But for Mohamed Ali Akbar nothing really hap- pened at all . The mercilessness of the pain continued on its way , and ...
... passed to and fro in front of him , a needle was plunged into his arm , and a face bent over him . Long days passed . But for Mohamed Ali Akbar nothing really hap- pened at all . The mercilessness of the pain continued on its way , and ...
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... passed , and he felt particularly bright and well just then . He wrote : " I feel fifteen years younger . " He thought he would have everything ready by Sep- tember , but it dragged on till mid - October . But the result was charming ...
... passed , and he felt particularly bright and well just then . He wrote : " I feel fifteen years younger . " He thought he would have everything ready by Sep- tember , but it dragged on till mid - October . But the result was charming ...
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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