The art of suicide
The Art of Suicide is a history of the visual representation of suicide from the ancient world to its decriminalization in the 20th century. After looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient Greece, Ron Brown discusses the contrast between the extr
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Reaktion Books
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Picturing history.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798018406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Art of Suicide Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Representing Voluntary Death in Classical Antiquity; 2 Self-killing from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance; 3 Conflict and Change in Early Modern Europe; 4 An English Dance of Death?; 5 Preserving Life and Punishing Death; 6 The Century of Destruction; Postscript; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index
