[Download ebook] The Savage God: A Study of Suicide
☆ A. Alvarez ☆
| #535499 in Books | 1990-05-17 | 1990-05-17 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.40 x.80 x5.00l,.60 | File Name: 0393306577 | 320 pages
||3 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Telescope|By Doreen Appleton|In spite of the fact that Alvarez knew Sylvia Plath, that he attempted suicide himself, that he gives us a comprehensive history of attitudes about suicide among the Greeks, the Romans, the Inquisition, the Romantic Era, the Victorian era, the modern world of technology and weaponry, I don't think that he really puts his finger on the essential imp||“The Savage God is the first study to attemp the historical, literary, philosophical dimensions of the mystery of suicide. . . . It is brilliant, touching, and oddly passionate. . . . An ambitious, exhaustive exploration into the nature of the se
"To write a beautiful book about suicide . . . to transform the subject into something beautiful―this is the forbidding task that A. Alvarez set for himself. . . . He has succeeded."―New York Times
"Suicide," writes the notes English poet and critic A. Alvarez, "has permeated Western culture like a dye that cannot be washed out." Although the aims of this compelling, compassionate work are broadly cultural and literary, the narrative... [PDF.og22] The Savage God: A Study of Suicide Rating: 4.93 (563 Votes)
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You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.The Savage God: A Study of Suicide | A. Alvarez. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
