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Main Author: Crinquand, Sylvie 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2008
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (168 pages)
ISBN:1443809128
9781443809122