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UNINA9910458070103321 |
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Talley Sharon <1952-> |
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Titolo |
Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley |
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-09843-1 |
9786613098436 |
1-57233-690-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (181 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death in literature |
Fear of death in literature |
War in literature |
War stories, American - History and criticism |
Electronic books. |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Childhood and the fear of death in the Parenticide Club and "Visions of the Night" -- The failed journey to self-understanding in "The death of Halpin Frayser" -- Sacred to death: tales of terror from In the Midst of Life -- Doubling death: seeking the immortal self in stories from Can such things be? -- Courage and cowardice: facing death in Bierce's early Civil War writings -- Death before dishonor: seasoned soldiers and the burden of heroism -- Collateral damage: civilians and the human cost of war -- Seeking death: tales of suicidal war heroes -- Surviving war: "Phantoms of a blood-stained period" and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Bierce's final dance of death. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"Sharon Talley draws on psychoanalytic theory to illuminate the connections between Bierce's life and works, without ever losing sight of the historical contexts-especially his experience in the Civil War-that also shaped his creativity. This judicious and comprehensive book will give a major boost to the reassessment of Bierce's place in American letters."-Peter L. Rudnytsky, author of Reading Psychoanalysis: Freud, |
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