Death in LiteratureColumbia University Press, 1980 - 451 من الصفحات This 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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... told the old man ( god ) that I am looking for my palm - wine tapster who had died in my town some time ago , he did ... told me to go to his native black - smith in an unknown place , or who was living in another town , and bring ...
... told the old man ( god ) that I am looking for my palm - wine tapster who had died in my town some time ago , he did ... told me to go to his native black - smith in an unknown place , or who was living in another town , and bring ...
الصفحة 70
... told him that I had been hearing about him in my town and all over the world and I thought within myself that one day I should come and visit or to know him personally . After that he replied that his work was only to kill the people of ...
... told him that I had been hearing about him in my town and all over the world and I thought within myself that one day I should come and visit or to know him personally . After that he replied that his work was only to kill the people of ...
الصفحة 71
... told him that I wanted to return to my town this morning , so that I wanted him to lead me a short distance ; then he got up from his bed and he began to lead me as I told him , but when he led me to the place that I had dug , I told ...
... told him that I wanted to return to my town this morning , so that I wanted him to lead me a short distance ; then he got up from his bed and he began to lead me as I told him , but when he led me to the place that I had dug , I told ...
المحتوى
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
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Achilles Amanda arms asked began body breath brother Cornelius Ryan cried dark dead death died doctor Don Quixote door dying earth Enkidu everything eyes face father feel felt funeral Gerasim Gilgamesh gone Granma grief HAMLET hand head heard heart heaven Hector human immortality Iona Ivan Ilych Jeff John Glick John Gunther killed King knew LAERTES light live looked Lord Margaret Craven Mohamed Ali Akbar morning mother never night OHATSU Packy pain Patroclus persons Peter Ivanovich poem Praskovya Fedorovna R. K. Narayan road round seemed Sir Bedivere sitting sleep Socrates soul staring stood story suicide Sweet talk tears Ted Rosenthal tell thee thing thou thought told took turned Urshanabi Utnapishtim voice walked weeping widow wife woman words Yama young