Last Letters.
Crinquand, Sylvie.
Last Letters. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008. - 1 online resource (168 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; WHEN AUTHORS SAY GOOD-BYETO READERS. LAST LETTERS IN THE SWEDISH ARGUS AND LETTER EXCHANGE, TWO SWEDISH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ESSAY PAPERS; LOVE'S LETTERS LOST; VIRGINIA WOOLF'S SUICIDE NOTES; PART II; "FAREWELL!"; THE INTIMATIONS OF AURORA LEIGH IN ELIZABETH BARRETT'S LAST LOVE LETTERS; "YOUR STORY. MY STORY"; PART III; "NO LEISURE TO LOOK TO WORLDLY COURTESY"; THREE WAYS TO END A RELATIONSHIP; MY GRANDFATHER'S LAST LETTERS FROM THE TRANSVAAL; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters : letters sent - or not - to sever a relationship, to mark the end of a phase in one's life, or letters written by people about to be executed or commit suicide just before their deaths. Conversely, some of the letters analysed are fictional, and still other forms of texts, such as poems, are considered ultimate messages by the authors of the articles. By focussing on various forms of last letters, the contributors aim to define the influen ...
English.
9781443809122 (electronic bk.) 1443809128 (electronic bk.) 9781847184016 (hbk.) 1847184014 (hbk.) 1282192736 9781282192737 9786612192739 6612192739
219273 MIL
Last letters before death--History and criticism.
Imaginary letters--History and criticism.
Letters in literature.
Suicide in literature.
Letters--History and criticism.
Letter writing--History.
Dernières lettres--Histoire et critique.
Lettres fictives--Histoire et critique.
Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature.
Suicide dans la littérature.
Lettres (Genre littéraire)--Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
Imaginary letters.
Last letters before death.
Letter writing.
Letters.
Letters in literature.
Suicide in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN6140.L3 L37 2008
809.693548
Last Letters. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008. - 1 online resource (168 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; WHEN AUTHORS SAY GOOD-BYETO READERS. LAST LETTERS IN THE SWEDISH ARGUS AND LETTER EXCHANGE, TWO SWEDISH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ESSAY PAPERS; LOVE'S LETTERS LOST; VIRGINIA WOOLF'S SUICIDE NOTES; PART II; "FAREWELL!"; THE INTIMATIONS OF AURORA LEIGH IN ELIZABETH BARRETT'S LAST LOVE LETTERS; "YOUR STORY. MY STORY"; PART III; "NO LEISURE TO LOOK TO WORLDLY COURTESY"; THREE WAYS TO END A RELATIONSHIP; MY GRANDFATHER'S LAST LETTERS FROM THE TRANSVAAL; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters : letters sent - or not - to sever a relationship, to mark the end of a phase in one's life, or letters written by people about to be executed or commit suicide just before their deaths. Conversely, some of the letters analysed are fictional, and still other forms of texts, such as poems, are considered ultimate messages by the authors of the articles. By focussing on various forms of last letters, the contributors aim to define the influen ...
English.
9781443809122 (electronic bk.) 1443809128 (electronic bk.) 9781847184016 (hbk.) 1847184014 (hbk.) 1282192736 9781282192737 9786612192739 6612192739
219273 MIL
Last letters before death--History and criticism.
Imaginary letters--History and criticism.
Letters in literature.
Suicide in literature.
Letters--History and criticism.
Letter writing--History.
Dernières lettres--Histoire et critique.
Lettres fictives--Histoire et critique.
Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature.
Suicide dans la littérature.
Lettres (Genre littéraire)--Histoire et critique.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Literary.
Imaginary letters.
Last letters before death.
Letter writing.
Letters.
Letters in literature.
Suicide in literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PN6140.L3 L37 2008
809.693548