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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Why , the moment the gates of Paradise were open and he walked in , before he had been there two seconds , by his watch ... walking not a quadrillion kilometres but a quadrillion of quadrillions , raised > to the quadrillionth power !
Why , the moment the gates of Paradise were open and he walked in , before he had been there two seconds , by his watch ... walking not a quadrillion kilometres but a quadrillion of quadrillions , raised > to the quadrillionth power !
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But perhaps some later day When the weather's mild and clean , Frau Mathilde will go walking On Montmartre with Pauline . a With a crown of everlastings Come to decorate and sigh Pauvre homme ! to my grave , Sadness welling in her eye .
But perhaps some later day When the weather's mild and clean , Frau Mathilde will go walking On Montmartre with Pauline . a With a crown of everlastings Come to decorate and sigh Pauvre homme ! to my grave , Sadness welling in her eye .
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... and joined them in their walk , kin to them all ; he let the others talk , and paid no heed to them , and called that land the fortunately - placed , the ever - sweet.And groped out all its pathways for her feet .
... and joined them in their walk , kin to them all ; he let the others talk , and paid no heed to them , and called that land the fortunately - placed , the ever - sweet.And groped out all its pathways for her feet .
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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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