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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8763441 Title: The Oxford book of death Author: D J Enright Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983. ISBN/ISSN: 0192141295 9780192141293 0192820133 9780192820136 OCLC:8763441

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The Oxford book of death

Author:	D J Enright
Publisher:	Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A book of death might seem a strange and dubious venture. A book for no one? Or, since the subject, the editor suggests, is 'of exceptionally common concern' - a book for everyone?
Rating:	(not yet rated) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Death -- Literary collections. Death. Mort -- Anthologies. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Encyclopedia Popular Work Collected Work Literature Literary collections
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Oxford book of death. Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983 (OCoLC)561802835 Online version: Oxford book of death. Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1983 (OCoLC)609158235
Named Person:	Anthologie
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	D J Enright Find more information about:
ISBN:	0192141295 9780192141293 0192820133 9780192820136
OCLC Number:	8763441
Notes:	Includes indexes.
Description:	xiii, 351 pages ; 23 cm
Contents:	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.
Responsibility:	chosen and edited by D.J. Enright.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Publisher description catdir.loc.gov catdir.loc.gov

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A book of death might seem a strange and dubious venture. A book for no one? Or, since the subject, the editor suggests, is 'of exceptionally common concern' - a book for everyone?

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