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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... mother does knitting The son goes to the war She finds this perfectly natural the mother And the father what does he do the father He does business His wife does knitting His son goes to the war Himself he does business He finds this ...
... mother does knitting The son goes to the war She finds this perfectly natural the mother And the father what does he do the father He does business His wife does knitting His son goes to the war Himself he does business He finds this ...
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... mother's . All the doors were open , all the faces showed distress . Death could be sensed there . I entered without being noticed . I reached a small room where arms were kept ; I took down a single - barrelled gun which belonged to my ...
... mother's . All the doors were open , all the faces showed distress . Death could be sensed there . I entered without being noticed . I reached a small room where arms were kept ; I took down a single - barrelled gun which belonged to my ...
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... Mother , mother , I feel sick ' , 272 ' My sledge and hammer lies declin'd ' , 327 ' Now I lay me down to sleep ' , 283 Observer , The , xii - xiii Order for the Burial of a Child , The , 291 Punch , caption to drawing in , 309 ' Reader ...
... Mother , mother , I feel sick ' , 272 ' My sledge and hammer lies declin'd ' , 327 ' Now I lay me down to sleep ' , 283 Observer , The , xii - xiii Order for the Burial of a Child , The , 291 Punch , caption to drawing in , 309 ' Reader ...
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