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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Dennis Joseph Enright. Mourning DEPLORING the modern taboo on mourning , psychologists and others have dwelt at some length on the human need to find an outlet for grief . Thus Geoffrey Gorer has called on society to provide secular ...
Dennis Joseph Enright. Mourning DEPLORING the modern taboo on mourning , psychologists and others have dwelt at some length on the human need to find an outlet for grief . Thus Geoffrey Gorer has called on society to provide secular ...
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... mourn in response to grief , and that , if mourning is denied outlet , the result will be suffering , either psychological or physical or both . At present death and mourning are treated with much the same prudery as sexual impulses ...
... mourn in response to grief , and that , if mourning is denied outlet , the result will be suffering , either psychological or physical or both . At present death and mourning are treated with much the same prudery as sexual impulses ...
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... mourning - makes up very sombre and interesting . . . Or , if you would prefer a velvet , maʼam Lady . Is it proper , sir , to mourn in velvet ? Shopman . O quite ! -certainly . Just coming in . Now here is at very rich one real ...
... mourning - makes up very sombre and interesting . . . Or , if you would prefer a velvet , maʼam Lady . Is it proper , sir , to mourn in velvet ? Shopman . O quite ! -certainly . Just coming in . Now here is at very rich one real ...
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