Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0747559058
ISBN-13
9780747559054
Edition
New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 4th, 2002
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
350 grams
Dimensions
12.80 x 19.80 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalSociology: death & dyingSociology: death and dying
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An intelligent and sympathetic analysis of one of the true taboos of modern life.
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.
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