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Selected Works of Irene (Rena) M. Sanderson
Article
Suicide and Literary Biography: The Case of Hemingway
Biography (1997)
  • Richard K. Sanderson, Boise State University
  • Rena Sanderson, Boise State University
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Abstract

A writer's suicide confronts his or her biographers with special problems and opportunities. Drawing primarily on biographies of Ernest Hemingway for its examples, this article examines the narrative and rhetorical strategies often employed to present literary lives that end in suicide.

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Publication Date
October 1, 1997
Citation Information
Richard K. Sanderson and Rena Sanderson. "Suicide and Literary Biography: The Case of Hemingway" Biography Vol. 20 Iss. 4 (1997)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rena_sanderson/1/