Suicide as a cultural institution in dostoevsky's russia
Auteur :
Paperno, Irina
Éditeur :
Cornell University Press
ISBN :
9780801484254
Date de publication :
19 févr. 1998
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
454 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Analyzing a variety of sources—medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides—Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide. Paperno focuses on Russia of the 1860s–1880s.