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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... seemed very unwilling to die . He was delirious at times in the two last hours ; and then several times cried out ... seeming ejaculation , he spoke inwardly , so as not to be understood : at last , he distinctly pronounced these three ...
... seemed very unwilling to die . He was delirious at times in the two last hours ; and then several times cried out ... seeming ejaculation , he spoke inwardly , so as not to be understood : at last , he distinctly pronounced these three ...
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... seemed in fact the very ideal of the best life for the Doctor . There was nothing in him that seemed to demand anything better , and it was confusing to try to follow him into that which , no doubt , must be in all its fundamentals a ...
... seemed in fact the very ideal of the best life for the Doctor . There was nothing in him that seemed to demand anything better , and it was confusing to try to follow him into that which , no doubt , must be in all its fundamentals a ...
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... seemed waste of breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . YEATS , ' An Irish Airman foresees his Death ' A whole night through thrown down beside a butchered comrade War , Plague and Persecution ...
... seemed waste of breath , A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life , this death . YEATS , ' An Irish Airman foresees his Death ' A whole night through thrown down beside a butchered comrade War , Plague and Persecution ...
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