AQA (A) Literature: ‘Love through the ages’
The literary term Liebestod (from the German meaning ‘love’s death’) refers to the erotic union achieved by lovers only through or after death. Two of the most famous texts from within the English literary tradition to deal with this theme are Romeo and Juliet and Wuthering Heights, while in Stephenie Meyer’s hugely popular teenage Twilight series, the beleaguered heroine Bella Swan can only achieve a permanent relationship with her vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen after her own death.
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