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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M. Rather pleasure than otherwise . Know that dying , like falling asleep , is not instantaneous but gradual . It is true that the degrees are more or fewer , greater or less , according to the variety of the causes and kinds of death ...
M. Rather pleasure than otherwise . Know that dying , like falling asleep , is not instantaneous but gradual . It is true that the degrees are more or fewer , greater or less , according to the variety of the causes and kinds of death ...
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They can take pleasure in ensuring that their dependents will be grateful for their forethought . ... life by advancing their plans , even a proposed marriage , and so have further shared pleasures , bitter - sweet though they may be .
They can take pleasure in ensuring that their dependents will be grateful for their forethought . ... life by advancing their plans , even a proposed marriage , and so have further shared pleasures , bitter - sweet though they may be .
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More engaging in that case will be Santayana's idea that in a liberal heaven we might find our friends again - a pleasure orthodoxly ( I suppose ) but meanly denied by Joseph Hall ( yet would the Almighty condone such petty snobbishness ...
More engaging in that case will be Santayana's idea that in a liberal heaven we might find our friends again - a pleasure orthodoxly ( I suppose ) but meanly denied by Joseph Hall ( yet would the Almighty condone such petty snobbishness ...
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| Pavadinimas | The Oxford Book of Death Oxford paperbacks |
| Redaktorius | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Sudarė | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Leidimas | pakartotinai išspausdintas |
| Leidėjas | Oxford University Press, 1987 |
| Originalas iš | Virdžinijos universitetas |
| Pakeista skaitmenine forma | 31 liepos 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192820133, 9780192820136 |
| Ilgis | 351 psl. |
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