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Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman
| Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
| Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "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". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463397303321 |
Berman Jeffrey <1945->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman
| Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
| Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "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". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788495503321 |
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Berman Jeffrey <1945->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman
| Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
| Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
| Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
| Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
| ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "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". |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810759503321 |
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Berman Jeffrey <1945->
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| Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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