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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From rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure , then from thee , much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and souls ' delivery . Thou art slave to Fate , Chance , kings ...
From rest and sleep , which but thy pictures be , Much pleasure , then from thee , much more must flow , And soonest our best men with thee do go , Rest of their bones , and souls ' delivery . Thou art slave to Fate , Chance , kings ...
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at rest in their graves , but wander solicitous of the affairs of the World . But that those phantasms appear often , and do frequent Cemeteries , Charnel - houses , and Churches , it is because those are the dormitories of the dead ...
at rest in their graves , but wander solicitous of the affairs of the World . But that those phantasms appear often , and do frequent Cemeteries , Charnel - houses , and Churches , it is because those are the dormitories of the dead ...
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... gaping and every one of them , as at a breakfast , hath swallowed down ten or eleven lifeless carcasses . Before dinner in the same gulf are twice so many more devoured . And before the sun takes his rest those numbers are doubled .
... gaping and every one of them , as at a breakfast , hath swallowed down ten or eleven lifeless carcasses . Before dinner in the same gulf are twice so many more devoured . And before the sun takes his rest those numbers are doubled .
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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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