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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779719503321

Autore

James Pearl

Titolo

The new death [[electronic resource] ] : American modernism and World War I / / Pearl James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8139-3408-7

0-8139-3409-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/112

Soggetti

Modernism (Literature) - United States

World War, 1914-1918 - Literature and the war

Death in literature

Psychic trauma in literature

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

"Clean" wounds and modern women: World War I in one of ours -- The story Nick can't tell: trauma in The Great Gatsby -- Regendering war trauma and relocating the abject: Catherine Barkley's death -- The missing of Sartoris -- Conclusion: New death, blood simple.