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02717aam a2200361Ia 4500 001 18B90540AED411E1BB28B5CE6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20120605010202 008 110419s2012 enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1848931107 020 $a 9781848931107 035 $a (OCoLC)713611426 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d SILO $d ERASA $d BTCTA $d EUW $d CDX $d BWX $d LND $d WTU $d CUV $d FDA $d SILO 050 4 $a PR830.S84 $b M34 2012 082 04 $a 823.509353 $2 23 100 1 $a McGuire, Kelly. 245 1 $a Dying to be English : $b suicide narratives and national identity, 1721-1814 / $c by Kelly McGuire. 260 $a London ; $b Pickering & Chatto, $c 2012. 300 $a xviii, 284 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Gender and genre ; $v no. 8 520 $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 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-274) and index. 505 00 $g Conclusion. $t vitalism, transnational identity and Frances Burney -- $t Mors voluntaria : $t Clarissa and the agency of martyrdom -- $t English maladies and material culture at mid-century -- $t The pathology of sentiment : $t politics, sacrifice and Wertherism in the English novel of sensibility -- $t 'The Death of Reason' : $t vitalism, transnational identity and Frances Burney -- $g Conclusion. 650 0 $a Suicide in literature. 650 0 $a English fiction $y 18th century $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Nationalism in literature. 650 2 $a Suicide $x history. $2 [MeSH] 830 0 $a Gender and genre ; $v no. 8. 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180109022917.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826065144.0 952 $l UXAX826 $d 20150507032828.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=18B90540AED411E1BB28B5CE6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search