Death in literature 32 History and criticism 23 History 13 English literature 9 Criticism and interpretation 6 Grief in literature 5 Death 4 Elegiac poetry, English 4 American literature 3 English fiction 3 Literature and society 3 African Americans in literature 2 Characters 2 Christianity 2 Closure (Rhetoric) 2 English drama 2 English poetry 2 Feminism and literature 2 Future life 2 Literature 2 Modernism (Literature) 2 Mourning customs in literature 2 Psychic trauma in literature 2 Religious aspects 2 Theology, Doctrinal 2 Women and literature 2 African American authors 1 American fiction 1 American poetry 1 Cannibalism in literature 1