Two paradigms of suicide or two acts of voluntary death? Heinrich von Kleist and Jean Améry

<span>I compare the suicide deaths of Heinrich von Kleist and Jean Améry (Hans Mayer). I discuss the issue of suicide, considering it as a category of the German language and distinguish the difference between the terms ‘Selbstmord’ [self-annihilation] and ‘Freitod’ [self-inflicted death, volu...

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Main Author: Katarzyna Kuczyńska-Koshany
Format: Article
Language:Polish
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu 2012-01-01
Series:Przestrzenie Teorii
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Online Access:http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/3389