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The Life and Death of a Poet

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Journal of Poetry Therapy

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The author provides a psychohistorical perspective on the Russian poet, Marina Tsvetayeva, who committed suicide in 1941. A critical analysis of Pasternak’s (1983) I Remember: Sketch for an Autobiography yielded several points to consider in interpreting motives for suicide.

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  • Barnstone, A., & Barnstone, W. (Eds.) (1980). A book of women poels from antiquity 10 now. New York: Shocken.

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  • Pasternak, B. (1983). I remember: Sketch for an autobiography (M. Harai, Trans.). Cambridge, MA: Harvard Univ. Press.

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    Sue Chance M.D.

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Psychiatrist and Publisher, is the author of A Voice of My Own, a collection of essays, available from Bonne Chance Press

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Chance, S. The Life and Death of a Poet. J Poetry Ther 7, 137–143 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03391416

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