{"product_id":"last-words-variations-on-a-theme-in-cultural-history-5193-princeton-legacy-library-5193-9780691628158","title":"Last Words Variations on a Theme in Cultural","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether or not Goethe actually cried \"More light!\" on his deathbed ... last words, regardless of their authenticity, have long captured our imaginations. Here Karl Guthke explores the cultural importance of those words spoken at the border between this world and the next. \"Last Words ... is filled with zesty farewells from just this side of the grave... A stimulating tome shot through with grisly black humor and goosey trivia.\"--Boston Phoenix Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrefaceA Note on the English Version1Last Words in Everyday Culture: Forms and Meaning of a Convention in Life and Letters32Why the Interest in Last Words?: Completion, Immortality, Mystique483Pork-Pie or Fatherland: Authentic or Ben Trovato?: The Last Words as Artifact and \"Inherited Mythology\"674Guidance, Entertainment, and Frisson: Anthologies of Last Words985An Intellectual History of Last Words?: Landmarks in Uncharted Terrain155Notes191Select Bibliography229Index236","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359122325847,"sku":"9780691628158","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691628158.jpg?v=1754123673","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/last-words-variations-on-a-theme-in-cultural-history-5193-princeton-legacy-library-5193-9780691628158","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}