The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1983 - 351 psl. "Reading for this anthology," writes D.J. Enright, "I was moved to the thought that on no theme have writers shown themselves more lively." A survivor of Belsen voiced the same sentiment when, reflecting on the concentration camps, he wrote, "When in death we are in the midst of life." By turns poignant, tragic, comic, and inspiring, this anthology of thoughts about death ranges from ancient times to the present day--including almost 900 selections by poets, novelists, philosophers, scientists, and common people. Arranged under headings such as "Love," "War," "Last Words," and "Children," these selections show the varied, sometimes surprising, reactions of the dying and the bereaved to the final human act. |
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... grief at others ' deaths , adducing the example of soldiers and seamen among whom he found much kindness but little grief : ' Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul . . . remedied by exercise and motion . ' Voltaire has the same advice to ...
... grief at others ' deaths , adducing the example of soldiers and seamen among whom he found much kindness but little grief : ' Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul . . . remedied by exercise and motion . ' Voltaire has the same advice to ...
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... grief without embarrassment or reticence ; and the fact that for some weeks after bereavement a mourner is undergoing much the same physical changes as occur during and after a severe illness . GEOFFREY GORER , Death , Grief , and ...
... grief without embarrassment or reticence ; and the fact that for some weeks after bereavement a mourner is undergoing much the same physical changes as occur during and after a severe illness . GEOFFREY GORER , Death , Grief , and ...
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... grief . SHAKESPEARE , King John The little cousin is dead , by foul subtraction , A green bough from Virginia's aged tree , And none of the county kin like the transaction , Nor some of the world of outer dark , like me . A boy not ...
... grief . SHAKESPEARE , King John The little cousin is dead , by foul subtraction , A green bough from Virginia's aged tree , And none of the county kin like the transaction , Nor some of the world of outer dark , like me . A boy not ...
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