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A Naturalistic AfterlifeMorning Songs

A Naturalistic Afterlife: Morning Songs [In considering the possibility of an afterlife, the fear of oblivion is the heart of what’s at stake emotionally. A close reading of two poems by Philip Larkin, “Aubade” and “Sad Steps,” each of which probes the abyssal terror of death, illustrates this. These poems, which on their face are testaments of utter hopelessness, actually give us several building blocks to start understanding the predicament of human mortality without recourse to faith, including the necessity of community and meaningful projects, and an awareness of how our lives fit into the bigger evolutionary picture.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Naturalistic AfterlifeMorning Songs

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Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-57977-1
Pages
17 –26
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-57978-8_2
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Abstract

[In considering the possibility of an afterlife, the fear of oblivion is the heart of what’s at stake emotionally. A close reading of two poems by Philip Larkin, “Aubade” and “Sad Steps,” each of which probes the abyssal terror of death, illustrates this. These poems, which on their face are testaments of utter hopelessness, actually give us several building blocks to start understanding the predicament of human mortality without recourse to faith, including the necessity of community and meaningful projects, and an awareness of how our lives fit into the bigger evolutionary picture.]

Published: Aug 2, 2017

Keywords: Philip Larkin; Fear of death; Secularism

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