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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... funeral . Although a few years ago this would have been frowned on . When my husband in the sixties announced that he intended to leave £ 200 in his will for a booze - up for his friends , his lawyer talked him out of it , saying it was ...
... funeral . Although a few years ago this would have been frowned on . When my husband in the sixties announced that he intended to leave £ 200 in his will for a booze - up for his friends , his lawyer talked him out of it , saying it was ...
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... funeral as ever Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin's was , and such a one as that had never been known in the county afore or since . ' But I never thought he was in earnest about seeing his own funeral himself , till the next day he returns to it ...
... funeral as ever Sir Patrick O'Shaughlin's was , and such a one as that had never been known in the county afore or since . ' But I never thought he was in earnest about seeing his own funeral himself , till the next day he returns to it ...
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... funeral hearse . JESSICA MITFORD , The American Way of Death , 1963 Sir , I recently helped a friend make funeral arrangements for a deceased relative and was horrified to learn that the cost of the cheapest coffin ( not the funeral ) ...
... funeral hearse . JESSICA MITFORD , The American Way of Death , 1963 Sir , I recently helped a friend make funeral arrangements for a deceased relative and was horrified to learn that the cost of the cheapest coffin ( not the funeral ) ...
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