Dying to be English
Author | : Kelly McGuire |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 303 |
Release | : 2015-10-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781317323112 |
ISBN-13 | : 1317323114 |
Rating | : 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dying to be English by : Kelly McGuire
Download or read book Dying to be English written by Kelly McGuire and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel. Referencing several key writers of the period, McGuire demonstrates that their work inscribes a nationalist imperative to frame suicide as self-sacrifice.