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Dying to be English: Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721–1814 - Gender and Genre Kelly McGuire 1st edition
Dying to be English: Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721–1814 - Gender and Genre
Kelly McGuire
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.
304 pages, 1 black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 1, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9781848931107 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 18 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |
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