Dying to Be English Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721-1814 |
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| Author:
| McGuire, Kelly |
| Series title: | Gender and Genre Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84893-111-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2012 |
| Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel. Referencing several key writers of the period, McGuire demonstrates that their work inscribes a nationalist imperative to frame suicide as self-sacrifice.
This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel. Referencing several key writers of the period, McGuire demonstrates that their work inscribes a nationalist imperative to frame suicide as self-sacrifice.