Framing Suicidal Emotions in the English Popular Press, 1750–80

The Limits of Sentimentalism: Financial Misconduct, Sensibility and Parliamentary Scandal in the Case of Powell and Bembridge

“…75 Such a focus was somewhat commonplace at this time; those who recorded suicides, as the work of Eric Parisot has shown, often employed techniques more likely found in contemporary novels. 76 By creating a recognisable narrative of distress, such reporters provided a framework by which such self-destructive actions could not only be understood but, more crucially, pitied.…”