This two-part, eight-volume, reset edition draws together a range of sources from the early modern era through to the industrial age, to show the changes and continuities in responses to the social, political, legal and spiritual problems that self-murder posed.
PART I: 16501750 volume 1 General Introduction 16501673 General
Introduction Introduction to Volumes 1 and 2 Bibliography Suicide and the
Broadside Ballad Anon., The Faithful Lovers Downfal: The Death of Fair
Phillis Who Killed Her Self for Loss of Her Philander (c. 164480) Anon., The
Lamenting Ladies Last Farewel to the World (c. 165080) C. H., The Divils
Cruelty to Mankind (1662) Anon., A Godly Warning for All Maidens by the
Example of Gods Judgements Shewed upon One Jermans Wife of Clif on in the
County of Nottingham, Who Lying in Child-Bed, Was Born Away and Never Heard
of After (c. 1670) Anon., The Dying Damsels Doleful Destiny: Or, True Love
Requited with Evil (c. 16711704) Anon., Loves Lamentable Tragedy (c.
16711704) Anon., The London Damsels Fate by Unjust Tyrany: Or, The Rash
Lover (c. 167296) Anon., A Tragical Story of Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor
(1677) Anon., Loves Downfal (c. 167880) Anon., The Unnatural Mother: Being a
True Relation of One Jane Lawson, Once Living a Theast-Barnet, in Middlesex;
Who Quarreling with Her Husband, Urged Him to Strike Her, and Thereupon the
Same Night, Being the First of Sept. 1680, Drowned Her Self and Two Poor
Babes in a Well (c. 16801) Anon., The Damosels Tragedy: Or, True Love in
Distress (c. 16821703) Anon., The Fair Maid Of Dunsmores Lamentation (c.
1683) Anon., Whitneys Dying Letter to His Mistriss T at Betrayd Him: With
Her Answer (1692) Thomas Beard, Of Such as Have Murdered Themselves (1631)
William Denny, Pelecanicidium, or The Christian Advisor against Self-Murder
(1653) Anon., A Sad Caveat to All Quakers. Not to Boast Any More That They
Have God Almighty by the Hand, When They Have the Devil by the Toe (1657)
[ Owen Stockton], Counsel to the Afflicted, or Instruction and Consolation for
Such as Have Suffered Loss by Fire (1667) [ J. Shafe], The Great Law of
Nature, or Self-Preservation Examined, Asserted, and Vindicated f om Mr.
Hobbes His Abuses (1673) Anon., A True Account of the Late Most Doleful, and
Lamentable Tragedy of Old Maddam Gwinn, Mother to Maddam Elenor Gwinn; Who
Was Unfortunately Drowned, in a Fish-Pond, at Her Own Mansion-House, Near the
Neat-Houses (1679) John Collinges, Defensative Armour against Four of
Sathans Most Fiery Darts: Viz. Temptations to Atheistical and Blasphemous
Impressions and Thoughts, Self-Murther, Despair, and Presumption (1680)
Editorial Notes
Mark Robson, Paul S Seaver, Kelly McGuire, Jeffrey Merrick, Daryl Lee
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