TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bernardini,Paolo
AU  - Virga,Anita
TI  - Voglio morire!: suicide in Italian literature, culture, and society 1789-1919 
SN  - 9781443866705
AV  - PQ4053.S94 V64 2013eb
U1  - 850.9007 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
KW  - Bernardini, Paolo,
KW  - Virga, Anita,
KW  - Italian literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Suicide in literature
KW  - Suicide
KW  - Death
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Literature, Modern
KW  - Attitude to Death
KW  - Cultural Characteristics
KW  - History, 19th Century
KW  - History, 20th Century
KW  - Littérature italienne
KW  - Histoire et critique
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - Suicide dans la littérature
KW  - Mort
KW  - Aspect psychologique
KW  - Mœurs et coutumes
KW  - Médecine
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - suicides
KW  - aat
KW  - Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
KW  - bicssc
KW  - Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
KW  - Social & cultural history
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - Italian
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Italy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Table of contents; preface; note on the cover image; introduction -- a culture of death; chapter one -- the "civil suicide" of francesco lomonaco; chapter two -- the life and tragic epilogue of patriot francesco benedeti; chapter three -- the ethics of suicide in giacomo leopardi; chapter four -- suicidi di primo ottocento; chapter five -- emilio praga's suicidio; chapter six -- la tematica del suicidio nella scapigliatura.; chapter seven -- representations of suicide in italian narratives from the 1860s to the early twentieth century; chapter eight -- in plain sight; Chapter nine -- "then i shall sleep."chapter ten -- egoistic and altruistic suicide in the writings of f.t. marinetti pre- and post-futurism; chapter eleven -- michelstaedter the poet through montale; chapter twelve -- harakiri all'italiana; chapter thirteen -- antonia pozzi; contributors
N2  - The theme of suicide was of paramount importance in Italy in the long nineteenth century, from the French revolution to the outbreak of World War I.A number of writers, intellectuals, politicians, and artists wrote about suicide, and a very high number of people killed themselves, for several reasons. There were suicides for love and for homeland, suicides for despair, and suicides for ennui. In Italy, once a very traditional, Catholic country, where suicide was very uncommon and rarely trea
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