Last Words: Variations on a Theme in Cultural History

by Karl Siegfried Guthke

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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...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691056889

ISBN13:9780691056883

Release Date:October 1992

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:268 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movements & Periods World

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