LEADER 03498nam 2200685 450 001 9910810759503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61376-215-1 035 $a(CKB)3170000000060874 035 $a(EBL)4533138 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000885397 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11482748 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000885397 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10953616 035 $a(PQKB)11327213 035 $a(OCoLC)859686947 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25035 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4533138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11214608 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4533138 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000060874 100 $a20160610h20122012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDying in character $ememoirs on the end of life /$fJeffrey Berman 210 1$aAmherst, [Massachusetts] ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cUniversity of Massachusetts Press,$d2012. 210 4$dİ2012 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55849-964-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: "It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish" -- "I never saw or heard the car coming": my close call with death -- "Death itself is a wonderful and positive experience": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and The wheel of life -- "With autobiography there's always another text, a countertext": Philip Roth and Patrimony -- "Death confers a certain beauty on one's hours": Harold Brodkey and This wild darkness -- "I have never been tempted to write about my own life": Susan Sontag, David Rieff, and Swimming in a sea of death -- "Sleeplessness for me is a cherished state": Edward W. Said and Out of place -- "There is more than one sort of luck": Tony Judt and The memory chalet -- "I never realized dying could be so much fun": Art Buchwald and Too soon to say goodbye -- "Learn how to live, and you'll know how to die": Morrie Schwartz's Letting go and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie -- "I'm dying and I'm having fun": Randy Pausch and The last lecture -- "Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories": Jean-Dominique Bauby and The diving bell and The butterfly -- "I live in my suffering and that makes me happy": Roland Barthes and Mourning diary -- Conclusion: "alive when I died". 606 $aAuthors, American$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican prose literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aCritically ill$zUnited States$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTerminally ill$zUnited States$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAutobiography 606 $aDeath in literature 606 $aSelf in literature 606 $aDeath$xPsychological aspects 615 0$aAuthors, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican prose literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aCritically ill$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTerminally ill$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAutobiography. 615 0$aDeath in literature. 615 0$aSelf in literature. 615 0$aDeath$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a810.9/3548 700 $aBerman$b Jeffrey$f1945-$01617145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810759503321 996 $aDying in character$93958017 997 $aUNINA