Last Words : Variations on a Theme in Cultural History

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guthke, Karl S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Last words.
Death in literature.
Authors > Death.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Écrivains > Mort.
Mort dans la litterature.
Dernieres paroles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (268 pages).
ISBN:9781400820719

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