Suicide as a cultural institution in Dostoevsky's Russia
Dostoyevsky, fyodor, 1821-1881
Selbstmord
Russisch
Russia (federation), social conditions
Russian literature, history and criticism
Russia (federation), history
Suicide
Letterkunde
Literatur
Civilization
Criticism and interpretation
Social aspects
History
"Analyzing a variety of sources - medical reports, social treatises, legal codes, newspaper articles, fiction, private documents left by suicides - Irina Paperno describes the search for the meaning of suicide." "Paperno focuses on Russia of the 1860s-1880s, when suicide was at the center of public …
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