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.
Editor's Note
Introduction
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
Acknowledgements
Indexes
learned, original, serious, yet always enjoyable, as well as frequently surprising - Geoffrey Grigson
extensive and enjoyable ... first rate - Anthony Powell, Daily Telegraph
a tonic as well as a wholesome draught of mortality - John Carey, Sunday Times
salutary, sometimes breathtaking, finally life-enhancing - Times Educational Supplement
excellent ... [Enright] has gathered a fine harvest and cleverly kept melancholy in check - The Guardian
ISBN : 9780199556526
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