03249nam 2200661Ia 450 991045807010332120200520144314.01-283-09843-197866130984361-57233-690-0(CKB)2560000000055003(EBL)668938(OCoLC)699513603(SSID)ssj0000466878(PQKBManifestationID)11284434(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000466878(PQKBWorkID)10489232(PQKB)11587937(MiAaPQ)EBC668938(MdBmJHUP)muse19670(Au-PeEL)EBL668938(CaPaEBR)ebr10437926(CaONFJC)MIL309843(EXLCZ)99256000000005500320090316d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmbrose Bierce and the dance of death[electronic resource] /Sharon Talley1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Press20091 online resource (181 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-680-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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, Rank, Ferenczi, GroddeckAmbrose Bierce and the Dance of Death uses psychoanalytic theory in combination with historical, cultural, and litDeath in literatureFear of death in literatureWar in literatureWar stories, AmericanHistory and criticismUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Literature and the warElectronic books.Death in literature.Fear of death in literature.War in literature.War stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.813/.4Talley Sharon1952-1028212MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458070103321Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death2444123UNINA