The Savage God: A Study of Suicide - Brossura

Alvarez, Al

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0747559058 ISBN 13: 9780747559054

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2002

Riassunto

Using the untimely death of the poet and friend, Sylvia Plath, as a point of departure, Al Alvarez confronts the controversial and often taboo area of human behaviour: suicide. "The Savage God" explores the cultural attitudes, theories, truths and fallacies surrounding suicide and refracts them through the windows of philosophy, art and literature: following the black thread leading from Dante, through Donne, Chatterton and the Romantic Agony, to Dada and Pavese. Entwined within this sensitive study is the author's deeply personal account of his own unsuccessful suicide attempt, and together they form the most fascinating and compelling meditation on the "Savage God" at the heart of human existence.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0747559058
• ISBN 13: 9780747559054
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 320