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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... fear or to anticipate since there is no experiencing agent . Philip Larkin's ' Aubade ' calls this specious stuff that says No rational being Can fear a thing it will not feel , not seeing That this is what we fear ... Those who lack ...
... fear or to anticipate since there is no experiencing agent . Philip Larkin's ' Aubade ' calls this specious stuff that says No rational being Can fear a thing it will not feel , not seeing That this is what we fear ... Those who lack ...
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... fear ? When once that pause of life has come between , ' Tis just the same as we had never been . LUCRETIUS ( 294-55 BC ) , De Rerum Natura , tr . John Dryden Men fear Death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear ...
... fear ? When once that pause of life has come between , ' Tis just the same as we had never been . LUCRETIUS ( 294-55 BC ) , De Rerum Natura , tr . John Dryden Men fear Death as children fear to go in the dark ; and as that natural fear ...
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... Fear no more the frown o ' the great , Thou art past the tyrant's stroke ; Care no more to clothe and eat ; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre , learning , physic , must All follow this , and come to dust . Fear no more the ...
... Fear no more the frown o ' the great , Thou art past the tyrant's stroke ; Care no more to clothe and eat ; To thee the reed is as the oak : The sceptre , learning , physic , must All follow this , and come to dust . Fear no more the ...
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