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Suicide As a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia
Suicide As a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia
Author: Irina Paperno
"Inspired by the interpretive dilemma of suicide in nineteenth-century Russia, Paperno offers a superb reading of contemporary responses, across genres and philosophical divides. A fascinating view of the symbolic recesses of a culture in transition."--Laura Engelstein, author of The Keys to Happiness: Sex and the Search for Modernity in Fin-de-...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780801433979
ISBN-10: 0801433975
Pages: 319
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Publisher: Cornell University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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