| Dying to Be English: Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721-1814 Contributor(s): McGuire, Kelly (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848931107 ISBN-13: 9781848931107 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Gothic & Romance |
| Dewey: 823.509 |
| LCCN: 2012494281 |
| Series: Gender and Genre |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.33 lbs) 302 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |