Death in LiteratureColumbia University Press, 1980 - 451 páginas 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. |
Contenido
DEATH PERSONIFIED | 43 |
Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop for Death | 61 |
PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE DYING | 72 |
Derechos de autor | |
Otras 12 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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Referencias a este libro
Raising the Dead: Readings of Death and (Black) Subjectivity Sharon Patricia Holland Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
Narrative Mortality: Death, Closure, and New Wave Cinemas Catherine Russell Vista previa limitada - 1995 |