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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But to recognize his friends a man must find them in their bodies , with their familiar habits , voices , and interests ; for it is surely an insult to affection to say that he could find them in an eternal formula expressing their ...
But to recognize his friends a man must find them in their bodies , with their familiar habits , voices , and interests ; for it is surely an insult to affection to say that he could find them in an eternal formula expressing their ...
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Think'st thou that I , who saw the face of God , And tasted the eternal joys of heaven , Am not tormented with ten ... What torment is not a marriage bed , to this damnation to be secluded eternally , eternally , eternally from the ...
Think'st thou that I , who saw the face of God , And tasted the eternal joys of heaven , Am not tormented with ten ... What torment is not a marriage bed , to this damnation to be secluded eternally , eternally , eternally from the ...
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So I embarked on an anecdote - about the Jesuit priest who was asked how he would reconcile God's all - embracing love with the idea of eternal Hell , and who answered : ' Yes , Hell does exist , but it is always empty .
So I embarked on an anecdote - about the Jesuit priest who was asked how he would reconcile God's all - embracing love with the idea of eternal Hell , and who answered : ' Yes , Hell does exist , but it is always empty .
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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 |
| Originalas iš | Mičigano universitetas |
| Pakeista skaitmenine forma | 28 gruodžio 2006 |
| ISBN | 0192141295, 9780192141293 |
| Ilgis | 351 psl. |
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