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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... Stand to ? Stand to ! Jim , give's a hand with pack on , lad . Guh ! Christ ! I'm hit . Take ' old . Aye , bad . No , damn your iodine . Jim ? ' Ere ! Write my old girl , Jim , there's a dear . ) WILFRED OWEN ( 1893-1918 ) , " The ...
... Stand to ? Stand to ! Jim , give's a hand with pack on , lad . Guh ! Christ ! I'm hit . Take ' old . Aye , bad . No , damn your iodine . Jim ? ' Ere ! Write my old girl , Jim , there's a dear . ) WILFRED OWEN ( 1893-1918 ) , " The ...
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... stand gaping and every one of them , as at a breakfast , hath swallowed down ten or eleven lifeless carcasses ... stands open ; nobody dares go into it . A poor thief , ' says he , ' ventured in to steal something , but he paid dear for ...
... stand gaping and every one of them , as at a breakfast , hath swallowed down ten or eleven lifeless carcasses ... stands open ; nobody dares go into it . A poor thief , ' says he , ' ventured in to steal something , but he paid dear for ...
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... stand up no more ? ' Ay , the ball is flying , The lads play heart and soul ; The goal stands up , the keeper Stands up to keep the goal . ' Is my girl happy , That I thought hard to leave , And has she tired of weeping As she lies down ...
... stand up no more ? ' Ay , the ball is flying , The lads play heart and soul ; The goal stands up , the keeper Stands up to keep the goal . ' Is my girl happy , That I thought hard to leave , And has she tired of weeping As she lies down ...
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