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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... nature the present one is bound to be incomplete . Its subject is exceptionally large and of exceptionally common concern . In this line of country the compiler could easily and even pleasurably persist in his task until death should ...
... nature the present one is bound to be incomplete . Its subject is exceptionally large and of exceptionally common concern . In this line of country the compiler could easily and even pleasurably persist in his task until death should ...
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... nature showeth that of all things death is most fearful : and to reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It is a thing too far above man's power , to strive or ...
... nature showeth that of all things death is most fearful : and to reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It is a thing too far above man's power , to strive or ...
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... nature showeth that of all things death is most fearful : and to reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It is a thing too far above man's power , to strive or ...
... nature showeth that of all things death is most fearful : and to reason against nature , it were peradventure not so hard as vain . For what can reason prevail , if nature resist ? It is a thing too far above man's power , to strive or ...
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