The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1987 - 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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... feel , because we shall not Be . . . Nay , ev'n suppose when we have suffer'd Fate , The Soul could feel , in her divided state , What's that to us ? for we are only we While Souls and Bodies in one frame agree . We , who are dead and ...
... feel , because we shall not Be . . . Nay , ev'n suppose when we have suffer'd Fate , The Soul could feel , in her divided state , What's that to us ? for we are only we While Souls and Bodies in one frame agree . We , who are dead and ...
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... feel and realize the latter to be . But is not such an attitude due to the veriest lack and dearth of your imagination ? You take these swarms of alien kinsmen as they are for you : an external picture painted on your retina ...
... feel and realize the latter to be . But is not such an attitude due to the veriest lack and dearth of your imagination ? You take these swarms of alien kinsmen as they are for you : an external picture painted on your retina ...
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... feel beating in your private breast . . . The universe , with every living entity which her resources create , creates at the same time a call for that entity , and an appetite for its continuance - creates it , if nowhere else , at ...
... feel beating in your private breast . . . The universe , with every living entity which her resources create , creates at the same time a call for that entity , and an appetite for its continuance - creates it , if nowhere else , at ...
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