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Dying to be English: Suicide Narratives and National Identity, 1721-1814

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

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Book information

ISBN: 9781848931107
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Imprint: Routledge
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.509353
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 589g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 25mm