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© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2019 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. A Note on Language ix
  5. Introduction: The Symbolic Meanings of Suicide 1
  6. 1. Suicide and Western Science: Man's Two Bodies 19
  7. 2. Russian Views: Church, Law, and Science 45
  8. 3. Suicide in the Russian Press 74
  9. 4. Suicide Notes and Diaries 105
  10. 5. Dostoevsky's Fiction: The Metaphysics of Suicide 123
  11. 6. Diary of a Writer: Dostoevsky and His Reader 162
  12. 7. Portrait of a Journalist: Albert Kovner 185
  13. Notes 207
  14. Appendix: The Russian Texts 257
  15. Index 313
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. A Note on Language ix
  5. Introduction: The Symbolic Meanings of Suicide 1
  6. 1. Suicide and Western Science: Man's Two Bodies 19
  7. 2. Russian Views: Church, Law, and Science 45
  8. 3. Suicide in the Russian Press 74
  9. 4. Suicide Notes and Diaries 105
  10. 5. Dostoevsky's Fiction: The Metaphysics of Suicide 123
  11. 6. Diary of a Writer: Dostoevsky and His Reader 162
  12. 7. Portrait of a Journalist: Albert Kovner 185
  13. Notes 207
  14. Appendix: The Russian Texts 257
  15. Index 313
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