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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In the course of my task I was led to the conclusion that there is no more of a ' taboo ' on death than there is on sex , although for obvious reasons the former is less frequently appealed to and less heavily exploited .
In the course of my task I was led to the conclusion that there is no more of a ' taboo ' on death than there is on sex , although for obvious reasons the former is less frequently appealed to and less heavily exploited .
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E. M. Forster's depiction of Mrs Moore in A Passage to India illustrates one form of gradual withdrawal from life , a less exalted one than Yeats's but surely commoner an impatience with the affairs of others , a weary wish to be left ...
E. M. Forster's depiction of Mrs Moore in A Passage to India illustrates one form of gradual withdrawal from life , a less exalted one than Yeats's but surely commoner an impatience with the affairs of others , a weary wish to be left ...
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John A. Spaulding and George Simpson Modern drugs and domestic gas . . . have not only made suicide more or less painless , they have also made it seem magical . A man who takes a knife and slices deliberately across his throat is ...
John A. Spaulding and George Simpson Modern drugs and domestic gas . . . have not only made suicide more or less painless , they have also made it seem magical . A man who takes a knife and slices deliberately across his throat is ...
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| Pavadinimas | The Oxford Book of Death |
| Redaktorius | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Sudarė | Dennis Joseph Enright |
| Leidimas | pakartotinai išspausdintas |
| Leidėjas | Oxford University Press, 1983 |
| Originalas iš | Mičigano universitetas |
| Pakeista skaitmenine forma | 22 gegužės 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192141295, 9780192141293 |
| Ilgis | 351 psl. |
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