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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Weitere Verfasser: Bernardini, Paolo, 1963- (HerausgeberIn), Virga, Anita, 1983- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Italian
Veröffentlicht: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung: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 ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781443866705
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