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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Paperno, Irina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Ruso
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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