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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Man is a Noble Animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave . SIR THOMAS BROWNE ( 1605-82 ) , Urn Burial No people who turn their backs on death can be alive . The presence of the dead among the living will be a daily fact in ...
Man is a Noble Animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave . SIR THOMAS BROWNE ( 1605-82 ) , Urn Burial No people who turn their backs on death can be alive . The presence of the dead among the living will be a daily fact in ...
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Those graves , with bending osier bound , That nameless heave the crumbled ground , Quick to the glancing thought ... The funeral extinguished its right ear with its hat as four men lifted the coffin out and laid it over the grave .
Those graves , with bending osier bound , That nameless heave the crumbled ground , Quick to the glancing thought ... The funeral extinguished its right ear with its hat as four men lifted the coffin out and laid it over the grave .
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Then who is digging on my grave ? My nearest dearest kin ? ' -'Ah , no : they sit and think , " What use ! What good will planting flowers produce ? No tendance of her mound can loose Her spirit from Death's gin .
Then who is digging on my grave ? My nearest dearest kin ? ' -'Ah , no : they sit and think , " What use ! What good will planting flowers produce ? No tendance of her mound can loose Her spirit from Death's gin .
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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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