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Victorian Suicide
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Author : Barbara Gates
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-14
Victorian Suicide written by Barbara Gates and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-14 with Psychology categories.
When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroner's inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicide's 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 Castlereagh's 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 By 1900 the Victorians' moral censure of suicide and the accompanying denial that it was a widespread problem had been replaced by a more compassionate response--and also by an unfounded belief in a "suicide epidemic," which Thomas Hardy described as a "coming universal wish not to live.".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.
Victorian Suicide
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Author : Barbara T. Gates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Victorian Suicide written by Barbara T. Gates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Suicide categories.
When Viscount Castlereagh, leader of the House of Commons and architect of the Grand Alliance, committed suicide in 1822, the coroner's inquest could consider only two legal verdicts: insanity or self-murder. Public outrage greeted his burial in Westminster Abbey; the tradition lingered that a suicide's 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 Castlereagh's 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.
Victorian Suicide
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Author : Barbara T. Gates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988-01-01
Victorian Suicide written by Barbara T. Gates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-01 with categories.
This Rash Act
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Author : Victor Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1998
This Rash Act written by Victor Bailey and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Social Science categories.
What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the years 1837 to 1900 take their lives? This book attempts to answer this question and also to study how suicide was understood by victims, families, and friends; how the causes of suicide changed over time; and what coroners' inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general.
Suicide In Victorian And Edwardian England
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Author : Olive Anderson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Suicide In Victorian And Edwardian England written by Olive Anderson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
Using different combinations of historical techniques and sources (including coroners' private case papers), this examines four major elements of suicide in Victorian and Edwardian England: suicide rates and distribution; individual experiences; social attitudes; and efforts at prevention.
Victorian Suicide Notes
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Author : Various Authors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-09-04
Victorian Suicide Notes written by Various Authors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-04 with categories.
All of these letters-written in some cases over two centuries ago by people from all walks of life-share one vital thing-they speak a common language; one that is bereft of all hope. For some, the language spoken here may be all too familiar. To you, I hope that you may find some solace in knowing that your pain is shared; that you are not alone. For the uninitiated, consider this a glimpse into a world of hurt that I pray you never experience. I hope that you may leave here with an understanding of what it means to be truly hopeless, and that perhaps you might recognize its cold notes the next time you hear it spoken.
The Anatomy Of Suicide
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Author : Forbes Winslow
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
The Anatomy Of Suicide written by Forbes Winslow and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Fiction categories.
Through this work, the writer aimed to establish that the tendency to commit self-destruction is largely susceptible to those principles that regulate the treatment of common diseases. He provided details on everything from suicides of the ancients and their laws against it to new solutions for its prevention in his time.
Selina S Letter
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Author : Stephen Robert Kuta
language : en
Publisher: Loma Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-22
Selina S Letter written by Stephen Robert Kuta and has been published by Loma Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-22 with History categories.
Selina’s Letter is inspired by true accounts and approaches the subject and stigma that is suicide. The book covers many true accounts and stories of self-murder in Victorian and Edwardian London, including a detailed biography of a Victorian London woman, Selina Aylott (1853 – 1909), who took her own life in a dramatic way. This anthology of true stories includes many dramatic firsts, including the first suicide ever recorded on the London Underground and Tower Bridge. So many stories, last letters and so many reasons why the many unfortunate lives depicted here in decided to end all. Sometimes during a mad thoughtless decision and at other times as a last heart-breaking choice. Selina’s Letter is a journey of human emotion and remembers all those not strong enough to live on, the book is beautifully illustrated, poignant and very touching.
Suicide Prevention
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Author : Victoria. Suicide Prevention Task Force
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Suicide Prevention written by Victoria. Suicide Prevention Task Force and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Suicide categories.
Death In The Victorian Family
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Author : Patricia Jalland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Death In The Victorian Family written by Patricia Jalland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Family & Relationships categories.
This engrossing book explores family experiences of dying, death, grieving, and mourning in the years between 1830 and 1920. So many Victorian letters, diaries, and death memorials reveal a deep preoccupation with death which is both fascinating and enlightening. Pat Jalland has examined the correspondence, diaries, and death memorials of fifty-five families to show us deathbed scenes of the time, good and bad deaths, the roles of medicine and religion, children's deaths, funerals and cremations, widowhood, and mourning rituals.