TY - BOOK AU - Crinquand,Sylvie TI - Last Letters SN - 9781443809122 AV - PN6140.L3 L37 2008 U1 - 809.693548 PY - 2008/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Pub. KW - Last letters before death KW - History and criticism KW - Imaginary letters KW - Letters in literature KW - Suicide in literature KW - Letters KW - Letter writing KW - History KW - Dernières lettres KW - Histoire et critique KW - Lettres fictives KW - Lettres (Genre littéraire) dans la littérature KW - Suicide dans la littérature KW - Lettres (Genre littéraire) KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Literary KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=523850 ER -