Dying to be English
Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721–1814
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Gothic & Romantic
| Author: | Kelly McGuire | ISBN: | 9781317323105 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kelly McGuire |
| ISBN: | 9781317323105 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 6, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
