The Oxford book of death
D. J. Enright (Compiler, Editor)
The inescapable reality of death has given rise to much of literature's most profound and moving work. D.J. Enright's wonderfully eclectic selection presents the words of poet and novelist, scientist and philosopher, mystic and sceptic. And alongside these "professional" writers, he allows the voices of ordinary people to be heard; for this is a subject on which there are no real experts and wisdom lies in many unexpected places. Amazon
Print Book, English, 1983
Oxford University Press, Oxford [Oxfordshire], 1983
Encyclopedia
xiii, 351 pages ; 23 cm
9780192141293, 9780192820136, 0192141295, 0192820133
8763441
Definitions
Views and attitudes
The hour of death
Suicide
Mourning
Graveyards and funerals
Resurrections and immortalities
Hereafters
Revenants
War, plague and persecution
Love and death
Children
Animals
Epitaphs, requiems and last words
Includes indexes
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