Death and the HumanitiesBucknell University Press, 1984 - 238 pages Examines the variety of treatments of the theme of death in the works of painters, sculptors, novelists, poets, and composers. |
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... themes and viewpoints rather than in order of historic origin . Indi- vidual works are selected for their rich- ness of suggestion , significance to the mainstream of Western culture , contem- porary validity , and contrast with other ...
... themes and viewpoints rather than in order of historic origin . Indi- vidual works are selected for their rich- ness of suggestion , significance to the mainstream of Western culture , contem- porary validity , and contrast with other ...
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... themes and viewpoints rather than in order of historic ori- gin . The collection is hardly exhaustive ; interpretation , rather than meticulous cataloguing , is emphasized . Individual works are selected for their richness of suggestion ...
... themes and viewpoints rather than in order of historic ori- gin . The collection is hardly exhaustive ; interpretation , rather than meticulous cataloguing , is emphasized . Individual works are selected for their richness of suggestion ...
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Aeneas Aeneid ancient anguish aria artistic battle become begins believed body century chorus Collected Poems commemorate created crucifixion culture D. H. Lawrence Dante dark dead death Dies Irae Don Giovanni dramatic dying Dylan Thomas earth earthly emotional eternal Eugène Delacroix existence experience express extinction fate father fear figure ghosts Greek heaven hell human imagery immortality individual Jesus Joan John Milton killed Last Judgment living lyric martyr martyrdom melody memory ment Methuselah's Children military mother mystery mystical novel Oil on canvas opera orchestra painting Photograph courtesy physical portray realism reality realm reincarnation Requiem resurrection Roman Rupert Brooke scene sings social Socrates soldiers song sorrow soul sound spirit strings style suicide survivor symbols theme thought tion tomb torment Tosca tradition universal Vergil vision voice W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden Whitman Wozzeck York Yossarian