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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... rest , ' the trappings and the suits of woe ' , the performances touched on here by Henry Mayhew and Thomas Hardy - and we reckoned to find more sincerity in private and unadvertised sorrow . A Chinese funeral which I attended more ...
... rest , ' the trappings and the suits of woe ' , the performances touched on here by Henry Mayhew and Thomas Hardy - and we reckoned to find more sincerity in private and unadvertised sorrow . A Chinese funeral which I attended more ...
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... rest of our lives and now our barn has been burnt down and we stand on a cold winter morning looking at the charred ruins . For this little room was the gleanings of our life together . All our happiness was over this fire and with ...
... rest of our lives and now our barn has been burnt down and we stand on a cold winter morning looking at the charred ruins . For this little room was the gleanings of our life together . All our happiness was over this fire and with ...
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... rest me . . . I used to think once that if I could have a day of doing nothing , to rest me . . . it would maybe set me up . But now I've had many days o ' idleness , and I'm just as weary o ' them as I was o ' my work . Sometimes I'm ...
... rest me . . . I used to think once that if I could have a day of doing nothing , to rest me . . . it would maybe set me up . But now I've had many days o ' idleness , and I'm just as weary o ' them as I was o ' my work . Sometimes I'm ...
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