Regard for the Other: Autothanatography in Rousseau, De Quincey, Baudelaire, and Wilde

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Regard for the Other A u t o t h a n a t o g r a p h y i n R o u s s e a u , D e Q u i n c e y , B a u d e l a i r e , a n d W i l d e E . S . B u r t f o r d h a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s New York 2009 Copyright 䉷 2009 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Burt, E. S. Regard for the other : autothanatography in Rousseau, De Quincey, Baudelaire, and Wilde / E.S. Burt.—1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0-8232–3090–7 (cloth : alk. paper)— ISBN 978–0-8232–3091–4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Authors—Biography—History and criticism. 2. Autobiography. 3. Other (Philosophy) in literature. 4. Self in literature. 5. Identity (Psychology) in literature. 6. Death in literature. 7. Baudelaire, Charles, 1821–1867—Criticism and interpretation. 8. Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712–1778—Criticism and interpretation. 9. De Quincey, Thomas, 1785–1859—Criticism and interpretation. 10. Wilde, Oscar, 1854–1900—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. PN452.B87 2009 809⬘.93592—dc22 2009008224 Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 First edition ...