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100 1 $aMcGuire, Kelly.
245 10 $aDying to be English :$bsuicide narratives and national identity, 1721-1814 /$cby Kelly McGuire.
260 $aLondon ;$aBrookfield, Vt. :$bPickering & Chatto,$c2012.
300 $axviii, 284 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aGender and genre ;$v8
520 $a"Enlightenment assumptions regarding the gendering of suicide still persist in coroners' investigations, statistical analyses and the media's coverage of high-profile deaths. This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel as both a feminine action and a declaration of national identity. A perceived rise in suicide rates in the eighteenth-century led to the topic's identification as an 'English Malady' and its treatment within the novel as a public, society-defining gesture. Using the novels of several key writers of the period, including Frances Burney, Eliza Haywood and Samuel Richardson, McGuire demonstrates that their work inscribes a nationalist imperative to frame suicide as self-sacrifice. By considering the eighteenth-century novel as a cultural document, she combines literary analysis with cultural history, creating an innovative and challenging picture of the relationship between suicide, gender and national identity"--Publisher's website, March 28, 2012.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-274) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction :$ta genealogy of suicide --$tMors voluntaria :$tClarissa and the agency of martyrdom --$tEnglish maladies and material culture at mid-century --$tThe pathology of sentiment :$tpolitics, sacrifice and Wertherism in the English novel of sensibility --$t'The Death of Reason' :$tvitalism, transnational identity and Frances Burney --$gConclusion.
650 0 $aSuicide in literature.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$y18th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aNationalism in literature.
650 2 $aSuicide$xhistory.
830 0 $aGender and genre ;$vno. 8.
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