Victorian Suicide: Mad Crimes and Sad Histories by Barbara Gates (English) Hardc

Description: Victorian Suicide by Barbara Gates When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroners inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicides burial place be at a crossroads, with a stake FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroners inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicides burial place be at a crossroads, with a stake through the heart to keep the lost soul from wandering. Probing a remarkable variety of sources and individual cases, Barbara Gates shows how attitudes toward suicide changed between Castlereaghs death and the end of the century. By 1900 the Victorians moral censure of suicide and the accompanying denial that it was a widespread problem had been replaced by a more compassionate response--and also by an unfounded belief in a "suicide epidemic," which Thomas Hardy described as a "coming universal wish not to live.". Exposing a rich area of interaction between history and literature, and utilizing the methodology of the new historicism, Gates discusses topics ranging from the plot for Wuthering Heights to Victorian shilling shockers.Among other findings she includes evidence that Victorian middle-class men, particularly, tended to make suicide the province of other selves--of men belonging to other times or places, of "monsters," or of women. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Table of Contents *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Illustrations, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. xiii*Abbreviations, pg. xvii*I. Verdicts, pg. 1*II. Willing to Be, pg. 23*III. Cases and Classes: Sensational Suicides and Their Interpreters, pg. 38*IV. Bad and Far Better Things, pg. 61*V. Other Times, Other Cultures, Other Selves, pg. 82*VI. Monsters of Self-Destruction, pg. 101*VII. Suicidal Women: Fact or Fiction?, pg. 125*VIII. Centurys End: "The Coming Universal Wish Not to Live", pg. 151*Notes, pg. 169*Index, pg. 185 Long Description When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroners inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicides burial place be at a crossroads, with a stake through the heart to keep the lost soul from wandering. Probing a remarkable variety of sources and individual cases, Barbara Gates shows how attitudes toward suicide changed between Castlereaghs death and the end of the century. By 1900 the Victorians moral censure of suicide and the accompanying denial that it was a widespread problem had been replaced by a more compassionate response--and also by an unfounded belief in a "suicide epidemic," which Thomas Hardy described as a "coming universal wish not to live.". Exposing a rich area of interaction between history and literature, and utilizing the methodology of the new historicism, Gates discusses topics ranging from the plot for Wuthering Heights to Victorian shilling shockers.Among other findings she includes evidence that Victorian middle-class men, particularly, tended to make suicide the province of other selves--of men belonging to other times or places, of "monsters," or of women. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Details ISBN0691630399 Author Barbara Gates Short Title VICTORIAN SUICIDE Pages 210 Publisher Princeton University Press Language English ISBN-10 0691630399 ISBN-13 9780691630397 Media Book Format Hardcover Series Princeton Legacy Library Imprint Princeton University Press Subtitle Mad Crimes and Sad Histories Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 616.858445 Translated from English NZ Release Date 2016-04-19 US Release Date 2016-04-19 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-19 Alternative 9780691600482 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education UK Release Date 2016-04-19 AU Release Date 2016-06-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161686418;

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