{"product_id":"sleepless-souls-suicide-in-early-modern-england-oxford-studies-in-social-history-9780198229193","title":"Sleepless Souls  Suicide in Early Modern England Oxford Studies in Social History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuicide was regarded as a heinous crime in Tudor and Stuart England; it was in practice de-criminalized, tolerated and even sentimentalized in Georgian England. The authors trace the causes of this dramatic change in attitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMagisterial in research, forceful in analysis, a joy to read ... MacDonald and Murphy have not merely documented suicide; they have significantly advanced the debate about the motors and media of cultural change. * Roy Porter, Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003ethey have written a very distinguished book indeed ... It is extremely learned in fields ranging from coroners\" inquests to literary criticism ... They have done a fine job, and their close, on Dickie Bracknell's ghost from Lark Rise to Candleford, is as imaginative and intelligent as the rest. * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of tables; List of figures; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. The Era of Severity: The rise of self-murder; The instigation of the devil; Opposition and ambivalence; II. The Secularization of Suicide: The revival of leniency; The invention of suicide; Elite opinions, Plebeian beliefs; III. The Hermeneutics of Suicide: The identification of suicides; Motives for suicide; The medium and the message; Epilogue; Appendices: 1. Sources; Statistics; Bibliography: Manuscript sources; Contemporary periodicals; Index","brand":"Clarendon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766934995287,"sku":"9780198229193","price":177.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198229193.jpg?v=1758711756","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sleepless-souls-suicide-in-early-modern-england-oxford-studies-in-social-history-9780198229193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}