The nothing that is and the nothing that is not : on death, dying, and suffering / Steven Carter ; foreword by Franca Gerli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, Steven, 1943-

Contributor:

Gerli, Franca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nothing (Philosophy).

Death.

Suffering.

Physical Description:

xiii leaves, 3 unnumbered leaves, 128 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2004]

Summary:

Steven Carter is the author of five books of literary and cultural criticism, including Bearing Across: Studies in Literature and Science (University Press of America, 2002). In 1989 he was awarded the Schachterle Prize by the National Society for Literature and Science. In 2001 he became the only two-time winner of Italy's coveted Nuove Lettere International Poetry and Literature Prize. A former Senior Fulbright Fellow at two Polish universities, Professor Carter teaches at California State University, Bakersfield

Contents:

1 Ghosts 1

2 A Mind of Winter 21

3 The Snow-Line 37

4 Why Not Me? 51

Intermission: The Grief of Tisha Rae Garza 75

5 Parable of the Universe Next Door 63

6 "A Bright Red Scream" 87

7 The Power of Beauty 101

L'Envoi: The Two Infinites 111.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0761830022

OCLC:

57613985