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 429
... suffering body , and Ivan Ilych began to moan . They gave him a subcutaneous injection and he sank into oblivion ... suffering ) , strong , healthy , evidently in love , and impatient with illness , suffering , and death , because they ...
... suffering body , and Ivan Ilych began to moan . They gave him a subcutaneous injection and he sank into oblivion ... suffering ) , strong , healthy , evidently in love , and impatient with illness , suffering , and death , because they ...
Page 436
... sufferings , which must be terrible . It was true , as the doctor said , that Ivan Ilych's physical sufferings were terrible , but worse than the physical sufferings were his mental suf- ferings , which were his chief torture . His ...
... sufferings , which must be terrible . It was true , as the doctor said , that Ivan Ilych's physical sufferings were terrible , but worse than the physical sufferings were his mental suf- ferings , which were his chief torture . His ...
Page 437
... suffering tenfold . He groaned and tossed about , and pulled at his clothing , which choked and stifled him . And he hated them on that ac- count . He was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious , but at noon his sufferings ...
... suffering tenfold . He groaned and tossed about , and pulled at his clothing , which choked and stifled him . And he hated them on that ac- count . He was given a large dose of opium and became unconscious , but at noon his sufferings ...
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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