Last Letters - Crinquand, Sylvie 1961- (Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008)
TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; WHEN AUTHORS SAY GOOD-BYETO READERS. LAST LETTERS IN THE SWEDISH ARGUS AND LETTER EXCHANGE, TWO SWEDISH EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ESSAY PAPERS; LOVE'S LETTERS LOST; VIRGINIA WOOLF'S SUICIDE NOTES; PART II; "FAREWELL!"; THE INTIMATIONS OF AURORA LEIGH IN ELIZABETH BARRETT'S LAST LOVE LETTERS; "YOUR STORY. MY STORY"; PART III; "NO LEISURE TO LOOK TO WORLDLY COURTESY"; THREE WAYS TO END A RELATIONSHIP; MY GRANDFATHER'S LAST LETTERS FROM THE TRANSVAAL; CONCLUSION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
This collection of essays is devoted to last letters : letters sent - or not - to sever a relationship, to mark the end of a phase in one's life, or letters written by people about to be executed or commit suicide just before their deaths. Conversely, some of the letters analysed are fictional, and still other forms of texts, such as poems, are considered ultimate messages by the authors of the articles. By focussing on various forms of last letters, the contributors aim to define the influen ..
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Imaginary letters / History and criticism; Last letters before death / History and criticism; Letter writing / History; Letters / History and criticism; Letters in literature; Suicide in literature; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Imaginary letters; Last letters before death; Letter writing; Letters; Geschichte; Last letters before death -- History and criticism; Imaginary letters -- History and criticism; Letters -- History and criticism; Letter writing -- History; Biografie