The Oxford Book of DeathDennis Joseph Enright Oxford University Press, 1983 - 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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... deaths, adducing the example of soldiers and seamen among whom he found much kindness but little grief: 'Sorrow is a ... death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things ? It is a clumsy experiment to make ...
... deaths, adducing the example of soldiers and seamen among whom he found much kindness but little grief: 'Sorrow is a ... death produce in a man's existence and in his insight into the nature of things ? It is a clumsy experiment to make ...
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... death from children, all conspire to keep the fact of death away from us, the living . . . Never build massive cemeteries. Instead, allocate pieces of land throughout the community as grave sites corners of parks, sections of paths ...
... death from children, all conspire to keep the fact of death away from us, the living . . . Never build massive cemeteries. Instead, allocate pieces of land throughout the community as grave sites corners of parks, sections of paths ...
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... death of Little Nell does not imply agreement with the clever, heartless epigram attributed to Oscar Wilde. I was tempted to cite the latter's own 'Requiescat' Lily-white, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly she ...
... death of Little Nell does not imply agreement with the clever, heartless epigram attributed to Oscar Wilde. I was tempted to cite the latter's own 'Requiescat' Lily-white, white as snow, She hardly knew She was a woman, so Sweetly she ...
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