WAKE

watch kept over a dead body, usually during the night preceding burial. Ancient peoples in various parts of the world observed the custom. As an ancient ritual, it was rooted in a concern that no person should be buried alive. After it was adopted by Christians and as it is practiced today, the wake serves the primary purpose of allowing friends and relatives of the deceased an opportunity to adjust collectively to the changed conditions. Typically there are traditional songs and laments. Prayers for the deceased and eating and drinking by the assembled mourners are features of the wake. Wakes may vary from part of one night to three nights in length. See funeral customs.

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books on: Wake  - 43816 results

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The Defense of Wake
Book by R. D. Heinl " Jr.; Historical Section, Division of Public Information, U.S. Marine Corps, 1947
Subjects: Wake Island, Battle Of, 1941
APPENDIX IV Wake Chronology 1941 9 January United States...construction of naval base fa cilities on Wake. 19 August Advance party, First Defense...Marine Fighting Squadron 211 flies in to Wake from U. S. S. Enterprise . 8 December...
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Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island
Book by Gregory J. W. Urwin; University of Nebraska Press, 1997
Subjects: Wake Island, Battle Of, 1941
...Report of L Battery, 5 inch Arty, Wake Island Detachment, during period 8-23...Informal Report", 1; Cunningham, "Wake Island Defense", 5; Putnam, "Report...Tharin, USMC, "Informal Report on Wake Island", 16 October 1945, 1, MCHA...
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Joyce, Dante, and the Poetics of Literary Relations: Language and Meaning in Finnegans Wake
Book by Lucia Boldrini; Cambridge University Press, 2001
Subjects: Dante Alighieri--1265-1321--Influence, English Fiction--Italian Influences, Influence (Literary, Artistic, Etc.)--History--20th Century, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Finnegans Wake, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Knowledge--Literature, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Technique
finally ceased as he wrote Finnegans Wake Dantes importance was to recede, and only...remain part of the inspiration of Finnegans Wake 17 , but I would argue on the contrary...exploit Dantes works culminated with the Wake, and that it is possible to speak of a...
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The Art of James Joyce: Method and Design in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake
Book by A. Walton Litz; Oxford University Press, 1961
Subjects: Joyce, James--1882-1941--Finnegans Wake, Joyce, James--1882-1941--Ulysses
...Prior to final publication Finnegans Wake was known only by the provisional title...the present chapter. 2. The Finnegans Wake MSS. were presented to the British Museum...332 . 4. For Joyces use in Finnegans Wake of legends and anecdotes familiar to his...
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Eternal Geomater: The Sexual Universe of Finnegans Wake
Book by Margaret C. Solomon; Southern Illinois University Press, 1969
Subjects: Joyce, James--1882-1941--Finnegans Wake, Sex In Literature, Symbolism In Literature
...fear of hell in his soul. In Finnegans Wake , real banality of theme, a tremendous...which is Joyce and which, in Finnegans Wake , he shows to be every man, cannot be...particular passages. Scholarship on Finnegans Wake must progress through community labor...
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Sleep-Wake as a Biological Rhythm
Journal article by P. Lavie; Annual Review of Psychology, 2001
Subjects: Melatonin--Research, Sleep-wake cycle--Psychological aspects
SLEEP-WAKE AS A BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM. by P. Lavie Key Words sleep-wake rhythms, free-running rhythms, light, melatonin Abstract Evidence that the sleep-wake rhythm is generated endogenously has been provided by...
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Performance Anxieties: On Failing to Read Finnegans Wake
Journal article by Tim Conley; Papers on Language & Literature, Vol. 39, 2003
Subjects: Authors, Irish--Works, Finnegan's Wake (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Irish literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Joyce, James--Works
...the drafts of Finnegans Wake" (488). Weavers being...unfair to the text of the Wake, but given the Wakes obsessive interests in...contention is that Finnegans Wake defies Ecos well-known...closed" work(s). The Wakes hybridist nature extends...
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Et Tu, U2? "Wake Up Dead Man" and Bono's Perceived Betrayal of the Faith
Journal article; Journal of Religion and Popular Culture, Vol. 16, 2007
Subjects: Bono--Criticism and interpretation, Redemption--Analysis, Salvation--Analysis, Singers--Criticism and interpretation, Trust in God--Analysis, Wake Up Dead Man (Song)--Criticism and interpretation
Et Tu, U2? "Wake Up Dead Man" and Bonos Perceived Betrayal...one of U2s most controversial songs, "Wake Up Dead Man," from 1997s Pop album...T. Wright and Christian Kettler, "Wake Up Dead Man" is interpreted as a dialogue...
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The Race for Wake Island
Journal article by M. R. Pierce; Military Review, Vol. 80, 2000
Subjects: Islands, Marine Corps-US, Military engagements, Wake Island, World War II
The Race for Wake Island by M. R. Pierce Following Japans...chaos was the US Marines dogged defense of Wake Island and its sister islets Wilkes and...1935, PanAir requested permission to use Wake Island as a refueling stop for its Pacific...
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Narrative History of the Wake Forest University Biennial Argumentation Conference (and the "Venice Conference")
Journal article by David Cratis Williams, Michael David Hazen; Argumentation and Advocacy, Vol. 45, 2009
Subjects: Debates and debating--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Debates--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Forensics (Public speaking)--Conferences, meetings and seminars, History--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Universities and colleges--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Universities and colleges--Italy, Universities and colleges--United States, Wake Forest University--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...a study abroad facility for Wake students during the academic...the (more or less) Biennial Wake Forest Argumentation Conference...Conference" at Casa Artom, Wakes Venice house. Since 1988...with domestic sites for the Wake Forest Argumentation Conference...
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A Slow Devouring: Banter, Beer, and Bar Food Smooth a Disciplined but Difficult Passage through Finnegans Wake
Magazine article by Steve Macone; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Spring 2008
Subjects: Book clubs--Evaluation, Finnegans Wake (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Joyce, James--Criticism and interpretation, Joyce, James--Works, Novels--Criticism and interpretation
...but Difficult Passage through Finnegans Wake. by Steve Macone In Somerville, Massachusetts...Right now, eight members of the Finnegans Wake reading group are, for the most part...they will read aloud a page or two of the Wake, as they do every week, and discuss the...
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Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge to Work
Magazine article by Ronald Roach; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 17, February 15, 2001
Subjects: College students, Colleges & universities, Computer assisted instruction--CAI, Computers, Education, Educational software, Information technology, Minority & ethnic groups, Online instruction, Organizations, Thompson, Derrick, Wake Forest University, Web site design, Winston-Salem, NC
Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge to Work by Ronald Roach Wake Forest Techies Put Knowledge To Work Like many college students...high school, Thompson, has counted on his admission to Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. -- a school...
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Wake Forest University Extends Employee Benefits to Same-sex Domestic Partners
Magazine article by Gwendolyn Bradley; Academe, Vol. 86, November 2000
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Couples, Employee benefits, Gays & lesbians, Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University Extends Employee Benefits...Gwendolyn Bradley Starting this semester, Wake Forest University is extending employee benefits...domestic partners of staff and faculty members. Wake Forest joins about 120 other colleges and...
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A Wake for the Living
Magazine article by John Taylor; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Summer 2004
Subjects: A Wake for the Living (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
A Wake for the Living. by John Taylor A Wake for the Living by Radmila Lazic, tr. Charles Simic. Graywolf...moral correctness ("goodness is boring," she quips). A Wake for the Living simultaneously explores existential loneliness...
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Lucia Joyce-The Dancer at the Wake
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 286, June 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake (Book)--Book reviews
Lucia Joyce-The Dancer at the Wake. by Richard Whittington-Egan Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake. Carol Loeb Shloss. Bloomsbury. pounds...no evidence that she ever read Finnegans Wake after her fathers death in 1941, or thought...
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Wake Slowly Gaining Respect in Hoops Heaven
Newspaper article by Jody Foldesy; The Washington Times, January 19, 1997
Subjects: NCAA, Wake Forest University
Wake slowly gaining respect in hoops heaven by...short of Winston-Salem, the sleepy locale Wake Forest University calls home. Exposure is...an eternity toiling in relative obscurity. Wake Forest has earned its way into the past six...
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Terps Put Wake to Sleep with Defense
Newspaper article by Jody Foldesy; The Washington Times, February 20, 2000
...and-one free throws. Wake, which had chipped away...The score was 68-66. Wakes Darius Songaila drove...take partial credit for Wakes dreadful shooting. The...percentage of any ACC team; Wakes 33.9 percent clip yesterday...Terps once again nullified Wake star Robert OKelley...
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YES, YOU CAN SLEEP LIKE A BABY; Do You Wake Up Too Early? or Find It Hard to Drop off in the First Place? We Reveal the Reasons for Your Sleep Problems ...and the Secrets of Successful Snoozing
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 22, 2011
...to get up. So if you usually wake up at 7am during the week...catch up on all this when you wake. The same happens on a Monday...levels drop so low the brain wakes them and they start breathing...sleep. We sleep in cycles and wake very briefly at the end of each...
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YES, YOU CAN SLEEP LIKE A BABY; Wake Up Too Early? or Can't Get off at All? We Reveal the Surprising Reasons for Your Sleep Problems ... and the Secrets of Successful Snoozing
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 15, 2011
...to get up. So if you usually wake up at 7am during the week...catch up on all this when you wake. The same happens on a Monday...levels drop so low the brain wakes them and they start breathing...sleep. We sleep in cycles and wake very briefly at the end of each...
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Wake Runs Wild; Terps Lose Title Chance
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 26, 2006
Subjects: Football teams
Wake Runs Wild; Terps Lose Title Chance. Byline...into a winner-take-all finale against Wake Forest - was simple and impossible to quibble...rushing yards in a 38-24 loss to No. 20 Wake Forest. "These are things that were happening...
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encyclopedia articles on: Wake  - 70 results

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Wake Island
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WAKE ISLAND atoll with three islets (Wake, Wilkes, and Peale), 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km), central Pacific...and the U.S. Air Force. There is no indigenous population. Wake Island was discovered by the Spanish in 1568, visited by the...
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Wake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WAKE watch kept over a dead body, usually during...Christians and as it is practiced today, the wake serves the primary purpose of allowing friends...the assembled mourners are features of the wake. Wakes may vary from part of one night to three...
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Wake Forest University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY at Winston-Salem, N.C.; Southern Baptist; coeducational; chartered 1833, opened 1834 at Wake Forest, moved 1956. The school achieved university status in 1967. It has an undergraduate liberal arts college as well...
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Wake-Robin
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WAKE-ROBIN name for several plants, particularly trillium . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Hereward the Wake
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HEREWARD THE WAKE her iw rd, fl. 1070, Anglo-Saxon rebel against William I . A thane, he apparently held land in Lincolnshire. In 1070 he...
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