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200 10$aAmbrose Bierce and the dance of death$b[electronic resource] /$fSharon Talley
205   $a1st ed.
210   $aKnoxville $cUniversity of Tennessee Press$d2009
215   $a1 online resource (181 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-57233-680-3 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aChildhood 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.
330   $a"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 lit
606   $aDeath in literature
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606   $aWar stories, American$xHistory and criticism
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615  0$aFear of death in literature.
615  0$aWar in literature.
615  0$aWar stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
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