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Voglio morire! : suicide in Italian literature, culture, and society 1789-1919 /

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 reason...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Autres auteurs: Bernardini, Paolo, 1963- (Éditeur intellectuel), Virga, Anita, 1983- (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Italiano
Publié: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.