Last Words: Variations on a Theme in Cultural History - Rilegato

Guthke, Karl S.

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ISBN 10: 0691056889 ISBN 13: 9780691056883

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1992

Riassunto

An investigation into the dying words of both famous and ordinary people examines the human fascination with the need for closure, the desire for immortality, and the attraction to the mystique of death scenes

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Recensione

Whether or not Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed ... last words, regardless of their authenticity, have long captured our imaginations. Here Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next.

"Last Words ... is filled with zesty farewells from just this side of the grave.... A stimulating tome shot through with grisly black humor and goosey trivia."--Boston Phoenix Literary Supplement

Contenuti

	Preface
	A Note on the English Version
1	Last Words in Everyday Culture: Forms and Meaning of a Convention in Life and Letters	3
2	Why the Interest in Last Words?: Completion, Immortality, Mystique	48
3	Pork-Pie or Fatherland: Authentic or Ben Trovato?: The Last Words as Artifact and "Inherited Mythology"	67
4	Guidance, Entertainment, and Frisson: Anthologies of Last Words	98
5	An Intellectual History of Last Words?: Landmarks in Uncharted Terrain	155
	Notes	191
	Select Bibliography	229
	Index	236

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691056889
• ISBN 13: 9780691056883
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 268
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile