The Nothing that is and the Nothing that is Not: On Death, Dying, and Suffering

Steven Carter

University Press of America, 2004 - Philosophy - 128 pages

The Nothing That Is and the Nothing That Is Not is the final volume in a trilogy on interpretations of otherness in the postmodern era. The first two volumes are A Do-It-Yourself Dystopia: The Americanization of Big Brother (University Press of America, 2002) and Leopards in the Temple: Selected Essays 1990-2000 (University Press of America, 2001).

Contents

• Ghosts: 1
• A Mind of Winter: 21
• The SnowLine: 37
• Why Not Me?: 51
• The Grief of Tisha Rae Garza: 63
• Parable of the Universe Next Door: 75
• A Bright Red Scream: 87
• The Power of Beauty: 101
• The Two Infinites: 111

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Nothing that is and the Nothing that is Not: On Death, Dying, and Suffering
• Author: Steven Carter
• Contributor: Franca Gerli
• Publisher: University Press of America, 2004
• ISBN: 0761830022, 9780761830023
• Length: 128 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / General