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Death in Literature (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Death in Literature (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)
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Death is an inevitable, yet mysterious event. Fiction is one way to
imagine and gain knowledge of death. Death is very useful to
literature, as it creates plot twists, suspense, mysteries, and
emotional effects in narrations. But more importantly, stories
about death seem to have an existential importance to our lives.
Stories provide fictional encounters with death and give meaning
for both death and life. Thus, death is more than a physical or
psychological experience in literature; it also highlights
existential questions concerning humanity and storytelling. This
volume, entitled Death in Literature, approaches death by examining
the narratives and spectacles of death, dying and mortality in
different literary genres. The articles consider literary
representations of death from ancient Rome to the Netherlands
today, and explore ways of dealing with death and dying. The
discussions also transcend the boundaries of literature by studying
literary representations of such socially relevant and
death-related issues as euthanasia and suicide. The articles offer
a broad perspective on death's role in literature as well as
literature's role in the social and cultural debates about death.
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