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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... kill themselves because they are cowardly . Elsewhere in this book it is suggested that those who have most reason to end their lives - lives of terror and suffering - may yet reject suicide outright . Certainly , killing oneself to ...
... kill themselves because they are cowardly . Elsewhere in this book it is suggested that those who have most reason to end their lives - lives of terror and suffering - may yet reject suicide outright . Certainly , killing oneself to ...
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... kill myself tomorrow . I want to die . I hate them , hate them . Hate . ' And kill himself in fact he did , But not next day as he'd decided . The deed itself , for thirty years deferred , Occurred one wintry night when he was loaded ...
... kill myself tomorrow . I want to die . I hate them , hate them . Hate . ' And kill himself in fact he did , But not next day as he'd decided . The deed itself , for thirty years deferred , Occurred one wintry night when he was loaded ...
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... kill themselves for love . Rosa- lind's famous diatribe - all those old tales are lies , she contends - is not to be taken too seriously , since she is bracing up the love - sick Orlando , and herself as well . The passage from the ...
... kill themselves for love . Rosa- lind's famous diatribe - all those old tales are lies , she contends - is not to be taken too seriously , since she is bracing up the love - sick Orlando , and herself as well . The passage from the ...
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