Representing voluntary death in classical antiquity -- Self-killing from late antiquity to the renaissance -- Conflict and change in early modern Europe -- An English dance of death? -- Preserving life and punishing death -- The century of destruction
Summary
This is a history of the representation of suicide from the ancient world to the 20th century. After looking at instances of death in ancient Greece, the author discusses the contrast between the absence of such figures in early Christianity and images of biblical suicides in the medieval era
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index
Notes
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