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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... black armbands and closed blinds among the 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 ...
... black armbands and closed blinds among the 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 ...
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I feel as if we had collected all our wheat into a barn to make bread and beer for the 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 .
I feel as if we had collected all our wheat into a barn to make bread and beer for the 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 .
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Most fine folk tire my eyes out wi ' their colours ; but somehow yours 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 ...
Most fine folk tire my eyes out wi ' their colours ; but somehow yours 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 ...
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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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