Last Words : : Variations on a Theme in Cultural History /

Last Words : : Variations on a Theme in Cultural History / / Karl S. Guthke.

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 th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Guthke, Karl S.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [1992]
©1992
Year of Publication:1992
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5193
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • A Note on the English Version
  • 1. LAST WORDS IN EVERYDAY CULTURE
  • 2. WHY THE INTEREST IN LAST WORDS?
  • 3. PORK-PIE OR FATHERLAND: AUTHENTIC OR BEN TROVATO?
  • 4. GUIDANCE, ENTERTAINMENT, AND FRISSON
  • 5. AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF LAST WORDS?
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

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