The Oxford Book of Death"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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March 21 The poor Woman whom I sent some Veal to Sunday died yesterday morning She eat nothing afterwards till she died , But she eat hearty of the Veal I sent her . March 22 I buried Eliz : Thurston Wife of Thos .
March 21 The poor Woman whom I sent some Veal to Sunday died yesterday morning She eat nothing afterwards till she died , But she eat hearty of the Veal I sent her . March 22 I buried Eliz : Thurston Wife of Thos .
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No wonder that his epitaph murmured against so poor a burial as this ! His name , as well as I could make it out , was Treeo - John Treeo , I think and he died in 1810 , at the age of seventy - four . The gravestone is so over- grown ...
No wonder that his epitaph murmured against so poor a burial as this ! His name , as well as I could make it out , was Treeo - John Treeo , I think and he died in 1810 , at the age of seventy - four . The gravestone is so over- grown ...
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Here lie I by the chancel door ; They put me here because I was poor . The further in , the more you pay , But here lie I as snug as they . Devon tombstone HEROES , and KINGS ! your distance keep : In peace let one poor Poet sleep ...
Here lie I by the chancel door ; They put me here because I was poor . The further in , the more you pay , But here lie I as snug as they . Devon tombstone HEROES , and KINGS ! your distance keep : In peace let one poor Poet sleep ...
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| Pavadinimas | The Oxford Book of Death |
| Redaktorius | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Sudarė | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Leidimas | pakartotinai išspausdintas |
| Leidėjas | Oxford University Press, 1983 |
| ISBN | 0192141295, 9780192141293 |
| Ilgis | 351 psl. |
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