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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... Letter to Menoeceus , tr . Cyril Bailey Nothing that is extreme is evil . Death comes to you ? It would be dreadful could it remain with you ; but of necessity either it does not arrive or else it departs . SENECA ( 4 BC - AD 65 ) , Letters ...
... Letter to Menoeceus , tr . Cyril Bailey Nothing that is extreme is evil . Death comes to you ? It would be dreadful could it remain with you ; but of necessity either it does not arrive or else it departs . SENECA ( 4 BC - AD 65 ) , Letters ...
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... Letters of Virginia Woolf , vol . vi , edd . Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann . Reprinted by permission of The Hogarth Press Ltd. , the Author's Literary Estate and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. W. B. Yeats : from ' The Tower ...
... Letters of Virginia Woolf , vol . vi , edd . Nigel Nicolson and Joanne Trautmann . Reprinted by permission of The Hogarth Press Ltd. , the Author's Literary Estate and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc. W. B. Yeats : from ' The Tower ...
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