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Last Words
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Author : Karl S. Guthke
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1992-10-30
Last Words written by Karl S. Guthke and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
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 reveal much about our thoughts on living and dying. Why this interest in last words? Presenting statements from such figures as Socrates, Nathan Hale, Marie Antoinette, and Oscar Wilde ("I am dying as I have lived, beyond my means"), Guthke examines our fascination in terms of our need for closure, our desire for immortality, and our attraction to the mystique of death scenes. The author considers both authentic and invented final statements as he looks at the formation of symbols and legends and their function in our culture. Last words, handed down from generation to generation like cultural heirlooms, have a good chance of surviving in our collective memory. They are shown to epitomize a life, convey a sense of irony, or play to an audience, as in the case of the assassinated Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, who is said to have died imploring journalists: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Last Words
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Author : Margot Schwass
language : en
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
Release Date : 2005
Last Words written by Margot Schwass and has been published by Bridget Williams Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion categories.
A short book about different practices for acknowledging death in the different cultures and religions currently in New Zealand. While it is designed for use by nurses and doctors, chaplains, funeral directors, police, hospice workers and community workers, the book is also intended for general readers.
Famous Last Words
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Author : Laura Ward
language : en
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Release Date : 2004
Famous Last Words written by Laura Ward and has been published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Reference categories.
Contains an anthology of famous last words, quotes, deathbed scenes, epitaphs, and obituaries from a number of notable individuals including Bob Hope, Alexander Blackwell, and Roman Emperor Vespasian.
Famous Last Words
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Author : Barnaby Conrad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Famous Last Words written by Barnaby Conrad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Last words categories.
Alphabetically arranged death-bed utterances of famous people.
Last Words Of Notable People
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Last Words Of Notable People written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Death categories.
Last Words of Notable People -- Final Words of More than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History is a comprehensive core reference work on "Last Words" or "famous last words." A work of unprecedented scope and study, covering noted people over the span thousands of years and the entire globe. Each entry is presented with a relevant biographical treatment and is meticulously documented, citing best sources available. Connection or relation of cited sources to entries are presented. Accuracy or veracity traditionally quoted or reported, reputed "last words" is often questioned and an explanations and source is provided. Conflicting variations of reported "last words" for many entries are presented for the purpose of further research. All are sourced. Contains a detailed selected annotated bibliography of significant "last words" sources. Indexed. The conclusion of more than a dozen years work and consultation of tens of thousands of sources, Last Words of Notable People is the most comprehensive and scholarly reference regarding recorded "last words" compiled to date. Highly recommended for public, academic, and secondary school libraries and research collections.
The Last Words We Said
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Author : Leah Scheier
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-09-27
The Last Words We Said written by Leah Scheier and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-27 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Nine months after Danny disappeared, his closest friends, Ellie, Rae, and Deenie, deal with their loss very differently but will have to share secrets about the night he disappeared to uncover the truth. Chapters alternate between past and present.
His Last Words
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Author : Kim Erickson
language : en
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Release Date : 2017-01-03
His Last Words written by Kim Erickson and has been published by Moody Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-03 with Religion categories.
Imagine knowing you only have several more hours to live. Picture the faces of your loved ones gathered around you. Allow the emotions to rise up in your heart. What would you say? John 13–17 records Jesus’ last words to the disciples before His death, revealing what was most important to Him. When we study those words and prayers today, we enter deep into the heart of Jesus and come away changed: overwhelmed by the love of God, inspired to follow Him, and empowered to spread the gospel. His Last Words is an 7-week Bible study that plumbs the depths of Jesus’ final teachings to the disciples. It features: A verse-by-verse study of John 13–17 and portions of John 18–21 Five lessons each week, one set aside for reflection and prayer Discussion questions for small groups Two weeks for review, reflection, and application and more Jesus’ last words are words of eternal life—powerful and full of love. If you’ve been longing for more intimacy in your relationship with God, more meaning in your life, and more boldness in your witness, His Last Words will draw you into just what you need: the Word of God.
Last Words
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Author : Shari J. Ryan
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-09-29
Last Words written by Shari J. Ryan and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Man-woman relationships categories.
For readers who enjoyed The Nightingale, Sarah's Key, and All the Light We Cannot See.Last Words, where Non-Fiction meets Fiction, and the lines in between are blurred by forbidden love. Amelia - 1942: The inside of my closet held the last bit of my freedom before I was torn from my home and shoved onto a dark train. Our destination was even darker. "Women and children to the right. Men to the left," they shouted at us. Everything was taken from me, leaving only the smoke filled air, piercing screams, and soul-burning cries. I was slowly starved and weakened to the bone, but there was a man-a Nazi-who brought me extra food. He called himself a prisoner too, but he scared me, and I wondered if he was the enemy I should fear the most. Emma - Current Day: My grandmother hid her past in an old diary under her bed. The tattered, brown leather book sat there for years until she asked me to find it and read her unspoken words. Now, her stories and secrets are consuming every moment of my life. She's dying ... and asking for a man no one in our family has ever heard of. I never imagined a hand-written book could change my entire life, but it has. It opened my eyes to a new beginning, and I learned that love is not the unsaid word my grandmother has refused to speak. It's an action-it's longevity, taboo and sometimes forbidden. Do we fight for what's wrong, or do we spend our lives searching for what's right? Last words were never spoken because love doesn't stop until a heart is no longer beating.
Last Words From Montmartre
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Author : Qiu Miaojin
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Last Words From Montmartre written by Qiu Miaojin and has been published by New York Review of Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Fiction categories.
An NYRB Classics Original When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she left behind her unpublished masterpiece, Last Words from Montmartre. Unfolding through a series of letters written by an unnamed narrator, Last Words tells the story of a passionate relationship between two young women—their sexual awakening, their gradual breakup, and the devastating aftermath of their broken love. In a style that veers between extremes, from self-deprecation to pathos, compulsive repetition to rhapsodic musings, reticence to vulnerability, Qiu’s genre-bending novel is at once a psychological thriller, a sublime romance, and the author’s own suicide note. The letters (which, Qiu tells us, can be read in any order) leap between Paris, Taipei, and Tokyo. They display wrenching insights into what it means to live between cultures, languages, and genders—until the genderless character Zoë appears, and the narrator’s spiritual and physical identity is transformed. As powerfully raw and transcendent as Mishima’s Confessions of a Mask, Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, and Theresa Cha’s Dictée, to name but a few, Last Words from Montmartre proves Qiu Miaojin to be one of the finest experimentalists and modernist Chinese-language writers of our generation.
Famous Last Words
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Author : Harvey Daniels
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Famous Last Words written by Harvey Daniels and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with English language categories.
The deathwatch over American English has begun again, writes Harvey A. Daniels who, basing his arguments on data from professional linguists and language historians, proves that there is no reason to panic over the fate of the mother tongue, noting that reports of the death of the English language are greatly exaggerated. Critics who zero in on the deteriorating state of the language ignore larger, more basic issues. Further, they threaten to bring back oldor inspire newteaching curricula and techniques which will hinder rather than enhance our children s opportunity to develop their reading and writing and speaking skills. Paradoxically, those critics who claim overreaching importance for the language tend to trivialize the study of language through their steadfast preoccupation with the form of language. These critics encourage us to continue using minor differences in language as ways of identifying, classifying, avoiding, or punishing anyone whom we choose to consider our social or intellectual inferior. Daniels refutes the idea that a literary crisis rages throughout the United States. He discredits the idea of the deterioration of language. In support of his conclusions, he marshalls the forces of history, showing that panics concerning the state of the language have occurred at regular intervals at least since 2400 B.C. Using the data and tools of the linguist, Daniels asserts that language cannot die, that it changes constantly, and that attitudes toward language are social attitudes.Having established this point, he discusses at length our diminished prejudices against certain nonstandard dialects, our befuddled and uncompromising attempts to teach writing, the complex difficulties facing English teachers as the crisis enters its second decade, and the prospects for developing some respect for linguistic pluralism in America."