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 381
... wife . . . my wife , my wife . . . . " My mind trembled with this rhythm , I forgot myself and my own existence . I fell into a drowse , whispering , " My wife , wife . " How long ? How could I say ? When I opened my eyes again she was ...
... wife . . . my wife , my wife . . . . " My mind trembled with this rhythm , I forgot myself and my own existence . I fell into a drowse , whispering , " My wife , wife . " How long ? How could I say ? When I opened my eyes again she was ...
Page 399
... wife's pregnancy , something new , unpleasant , depressing , and unseemly and from which there was no way of escape , unexpectedly showed itself . His wife , without any reason - de gaiete de coeur as Ivan Ilych expressed it to himself ...
... wife's pregnancy , something new , unpleasant , depressing , and unseemly and from which there was no way of escape , unexpectedly showed itself . His wife , without any reason - de gaiete de coeur as Ivan Ilych expressed it to himself ...
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... wife's brother and her sister - in - law , who had suddenly become particularly amiable and friendly to him and his ... wife and himself , the one intensifying the other , did not leave him . He found a delightful house , just the thing ...
... wife's brother and her sister - in - law , who had suddenly become particularly amiable and friendly to him and his ... wife and himself , the one intensifying the other , did not leave him . He found a delightful house , just the thing ...
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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