Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The study of personal documents by those who died by suicide -- The use of computer programs for analyzing suicide texts -- Katie's diary -- Cesare Pavese -- Arthur Inman -- Jim's diary -- A suicide in academia -- The diary of Kenneth Williams -- Wallace Baker -- Bobby Sands -- The study of genuine and simulated notes -- Suicide notes from attempted and completed suicides -- Differences by gender, age and other variables -- Protest suicide in Korean students and laborers -- Studies of poems -- Studies of letters -- A blog from a murder-suicide -- The final words of a suicide -- Twitter postings in the 24 hours prior to suicide -- Interviews with attempted suicides -- Bereavement after suicide: a study of memorials on the internet -- Conclusions: What have we learned?

"We cannot explain why people kill themselves. There are no necessary or sufficient causes for suicide, so rather than explaining suicide (looking for causes), perhaps we can understand suicide, at least in one individual, a phenomenological approach.This book begins by examining the diaries from eight individuals who killed themselves. Using qualitative analyses, supplemented in some cases by quantitative analyses, Lester seeks to uncover the unique thoughts and feelings that led these individuals to take their own lives. Lester has also studied suicide notes, the poems of those who died by suicide (both famous poets and unpublished poets), the letters written by suicides, blogs and twitter feeds, and one tape recording of a young man who killed himself just an hour or so after he recorded the tape. This book will give you insights into the "I" of the storm, the suicidal mind"--Publisher's website, 06/28/2020.

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In English.

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