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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... person and thus cannot be com- municated with as such . He is a symbol of what every human fears and what we each ... person to person ? Then , it might not be so hard to die - in a hospital - with friends close by . ANON . , American ...
... person and thus cannot be com- municated with as such . He is a symbol of what every human fears and what we each ... person to person ? Then , it might not be so hard to die - in a hospital - with friends close by . ANON . , American ...
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... person Take , for instance , all the Chinamen . Which of you here , my friends , sees any fitness in their eternal perpetuation unreduced in numbers ? Surely not one of you . At most , you might deem it well to keep a few chosen ...
... person Take , for instance , all the Chinamen . Which of you here , my friends , sees any fitness in their eternal perpetuation unreduced in numbers ? Surely not one of you . At most , you might deem it well to keep a few chosen ...
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... person to be acquainted with them , he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him . There are others so excessively modest , that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew , and by ...
... person to be acquainted with them , he would blush at the praises which his friends have bestowed upon him . There are others so excessively modest , that they deliver the character of the person departed in Greek or Hebrew , and by ...
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