An examination of the effect of ""suicidal literature"" on readers - novels and poems that depict, and sometimes glorify, the act of suicide. In particular it explores the work of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Sexton, Kate Chopin and William Styron.
| ISBN: | 9781558492110 |
| Publication date: | 7th June 1999 |
| Author: | Jeffrey Berman |
| Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary theory Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Sociology: death and dying |
An examination of the effect of ""suicidal literature"" on readers - novels and poems that depict, and sometimes glorify, the act of suicide. In particular it explores the work of Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Anne Sexton, Kate Chopin and William Styron.
Surviving Literary Suicide features in the following genres: Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Sociology: death and dying
Surviving Literary Suicide is available in Paperback
Surviving Literary Suicide was written by Jeffrey Berman and published by University of Massachusetts Press
Surviving Literary Suicide has 288 pages