| The Dedalus Book of Literary Suicides: Dead Letters Contributor(s): Lachman, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1903517664 ISBN-13: 9781903517666 Publisher: Dedalus OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Writers have been killing themselves for centuries. From Petronius in ancient Rome to the 20th Century Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, writers, more than any other kind of artist, have taken their own lives in an extraordinary number of ways. With bullets, poison, drugs and swords, poets, playwrights, novelists and philosophers have sent themselves off into the big sleep. Others, one step shy of that last exit, have made great literature about the urge to self-destruction. For the first time, Gary Lachman investigates the many links between self-death and the written word, bringing together an unusual gallery of literary greats and a host of other fatal characters. Typically for Dedalus, the covers gorgeous. Sasha Selavie in QX International Dead Letters ultimately proves to be at once stimulating and thought-provoking and the section devoted to various suicidal writings is most diverting. Peter Burton in One80 Reviews |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading |
| Dewey: 809 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 4.9" W x 7.7" (0.75 lbs) 321 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Writers have been killing themselves for centuries. From Petronius in ancient Rome to the 20th Century Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima, writers, more than any other kind of artist, have taken their own lives in an extraordinary number of ways. With bullets, poison, drugs and swords, poets, playwrights, novelists and philosophers have sent themselves off into the big sleep. Others, one step shy of that last exit, have made great literature about the urge to self-destruction. |