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853199
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Berman, Jeffrey,1945-
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| Title & Author
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Dying in character : : memoirs on the end of life /\ Jeffrey Berman.
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| Publication Statement
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Amherst :: University of Massachusetts Press,, 2013.
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1 online resource (336 pages)
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| ISBN
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1613762151
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1558499644
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1558499652
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9781558499645
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9781558499652
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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."
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American prose literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Authors, American-- Biography-- History and criticism.
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Autobiography.
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Critically ill-- United States-- Biography-- History and criticism.
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Death in literature.
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Death-- Psychological aspects.
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Self in literature.
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Terminally ill-- United States-- Biography-- History and criticism.
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American prose literature.
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Authors, American-- Biography.
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Autobiography.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- General.
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Death in literature.
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Death-- Psychological aspects.
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Self in literature.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/3548
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| LC Classification
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PS366.A88B45 2013
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