Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia /

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In the popular and scientific imagination, suicide has always been an enigmatic act that defies, and yet demands, explanation. Throughout the centuries, philosophers and writers, journalists and scientists have attempted to endow this act with meaning. In the nineteenth century, and especially in Ru...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paperno, Irina
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Ruso
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881.
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, > 1821-1881 > Criticism and interpretation.
Russisch.
Letterkunde.
Zelfmoord.
Suicide > Social aspects.
Suicide in literature.
Suicide.
Civilization.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Suicide dans la litterature.
Suicide > Aspect social.
Suicide > Russie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Suicide > Russia > History > 19th century.
Russia.
Russie > Civilisation > 1801-1917.
Russia > Civilization > 1801-1917.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments / Paperno, Irina
  • A Note on Language
  • Introduction: The Symbolic Meanings of Suicide
  • 1. Suicide and Western Science: Man's Two Bodies
  • 2. Russian Views: Church, Law, and Science
  • 3. Suicide in the Russian Press
  • 4. Suicide Notes and Diaries
  • 5. Dostoevsky's Fiction: The Metaphysics of Suicide
  • 6. Diary of a Writer: Dostoevsky and His Reader
  • 7. Portrait of a Journalist: Albert Kovner
  • Notes
  • Appendix: The Russian Texts
  • Index

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