Death is considered from many different standpoints in literature from around the world. We face death, deal with the death of a loved one, discuss the religious or philosophical significance of death, and lament the tragedies and triumphs in the process of dying (and living beyond the deaths of others). Read more about death in literature:
- Death Be Not Proud - John Donne (1572-1631)
- Death Be Not Proud - John Gunther
- A Scary Collection: Philosophy of Death
- A Mother's Lament for the Death of Her Son - Robert Burns (1759-1796)
- A Death in the Desert - Willa Cather (1875-1947)
- Death is a Dialogue - Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
- Death of Rinaldo - Legends of Charlemagne - Thomas Bulfinch
- Taking Leave...in Literature
- Death of General Grant - Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- The Death of Jean - Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- After Death - Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
- On the Death of Rev. Mr. George Whiteield - Phillis Wheatley (1753?-1784)
- Life and Death - Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
- A Thought on Death - Anna Laetitia Aikin (Barbauld)
- A Prayer in the Prospect of Death - Robert Burns (1759-1796)
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