TY  - GEN
T1  - Last Words : Variations on a Theme in Cultural History.
A1  - Guthke, Karl S.
LA  - English
PP  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2001
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn700688606
AB  - 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.
OP  - 263
CN  - PN6328.L3G813 1992
SN  - 9781400820719
SN  - 1400820715
SN  - 9780691056883
KW  - Last words.
KW  - Death in literature.
KW  - Authors : Death.
KW  - Dernières paroles.
KW  - Mort dans la littérature.
KW  - Écrivains : Mort.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
KW  - Authors : Death
KW  - Death in literature
KW  - Last words
KW  - Electronic book.
ER  -