Cargando…
Last Words : Variations on a Theme in Cultural History
Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In th...
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2001.
|
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a22000004a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | musev2_29588 | ||
| 003 | MdBmJHUP | ||
| 005 | 20230905043130.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr||||||||nn|n | ||
| 008 | 110205s2001 nju o 00 0 eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 9781400820719 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781400803194 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781400816248 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691056883 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691628158 | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691628554 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781400811892 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781400803187 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781400803170 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)51566238 | ||
| 040 | |a MdBmJHUP |c MdBmJHUP | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Guthke, Karl S. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Last Words : |b Variations on a Theme in Cultural History |
| 264 | 1 | |a Princeton : |b Princeton University Press, |c 2001. | |
| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2015 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2001. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (268 pages). | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents. | |
| 520 | |a Whether Goethe actually cried "More light!" on his deathbed, or whether Conrad Hilton checked out of this world after uttering "Leave the shower curtain on the inside of the tub," last words, regardless of authenticity, have long captured the imagination of Western society. In this playfully serious investigation based on factual accounts, anecdotes, literary works, and films, Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. The exit lines of both famous and ordinary people embody for us a sense of drama and truthfulness and reve. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 7 | |a Last words. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00992938 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Death in literature. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00888697 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Authors |x Death. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00821699 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a LITERARY CRITICISM |x European |x English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Écrivains |x Mort. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Mort dans la litterature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Dernieres paroles. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Authors |x Death. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Death in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Last words. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Electronic books. |2 local | |
| 710 | 2 | |a Project Muse. |e distributor | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Book collections on Project MUSE. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |z Texto completo |u https://projectmuse.uam.elogim.com/book/29588/ |
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement III | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Archive Literature Supplement III | ||