In this illustrated historical survey of the image of death in art and literature Karl S. Guthke assesses the significance of the various personifications of death in different ages and cultures, as male or female, enemy or lover, friend or avenger, angel or devil. Guthke shows that such images are reflections of the life and cultures that produced them, and through them he offers astonishing new insights into the nature and perception of the Western self in its cultural, intellectual, and literary context.
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'[Guthke] entices the reader from chapter to chapter by means of his superior technique and brilliant style.' Frankfurter Rundschau
'A rich array of examples of the personification of death in (mainly) European cultures. ... An eclectic and erudite survey of images of death as a hunter, horseman, lover, bridegroom, or chess-player.' Times Literary Supplement
'A rich array of examples of the personification of death in (mainly) European cultures. ... An eclectic and erudite survey of images of death as a hunter, horseman, lover, bridegroom, or chess-player.' Times Literary Supplement
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In this illustrated historical survey of the image of death in art and literature Karl S. Guthke assesses the significance of the various personifications of death in different ages and cultures, as male or female, enemy or lover, friend or avenger, angel or devil. Guthke shows that such images are reflections of the life and cultures that produced them, and through them he offers astonishing new insights into the nature and perception of the Western self in its cultural, intellectual, and literary context.
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female death figure, male death figures, downturned torch, winged skeleton, apocalyptic horseman, apocalyptic rider, death eroticism, death prevalent, male personifications, personify death, trionfo della morte, death personified, grammatical gender, personifies death, female angel, female personification, female shape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Dances of Death, Freund Hein, Romantic Age, Madame La Mort, Grim Reaper, Don Quixote, King Death, Niklaus Manuel, Mother Death, Corpus Christi, World War, Campo Santo, Madame Lamort, Alfred Kubin, Freund Hain, Old English, Alfred Rethel, Jean Colombe, Last Judgment, New York, Andreas Paul Weber, Ein Totentanz, George Frederick Watts, Godfather Death New!
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Why is the Grim Reaper a man? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
female death figure, male death figures, downturned torch, winged skeleton, apocalyptic horseman, apocalyptic rider, death eroticism, death prevalent, male personifications, personify death, trionfo della morte, death personified, grammatical gender, personifies death, female angel, female personification, female shape Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Middle Ages, Dances of Death, Freund Hein, Romantic Age, Madame La Mort, Grim Reaper, Don Quixote, King Death, Niklaus Manuel, Mother Death, Corpus Christi, World War, Campo Santo, Madame Lamort, Alfred Kubin, Freund Hain, Old English, Alfred Rethel, Jean Colombe, Last Judgment, New York, Andreas Paul Weber, Ein Totentanz, George Frederick Watts, Godfather Death New!
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- Dance of Death by William Paul on 8 pages
- The Dance of Death (Dover Fine Art, History of Art) by Hans Holbein on 8 pages
- Don Quixote (English Picture Readers) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra on 4 pages
- Don Quixote (Modern Library Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes on 4 pages
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra on 4 pages
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- Death, Grief and Poverty in Britain, 1870-1914 (Cambridge Social and Cultural Histories) by Julie-Marie Strange on page 32, and Back Matter
- Death and the Early Modern Englishwoman by Lucinda M. Becker on page 26, and Back Matter
- Sensible Ecstasy: Mysticism, Sexual Difference, and the Demands of History (Religion and Postmodernism) by Amy Hollywood in Back Matter
- Living and Dying with Cancer by Angela Armstrong-Coster in Back Matter
- Mozart Studies (Cambridge Composer Studies) by Simon P. Keefe on page 21
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