Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley
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| Autore: |
Talley Sharon <1952->
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| Titolo: |
Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley
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| Pubblicazione: | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (181 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Death in literature |
| Fear of death in literature | |
| War in literature | |
| War stories, American - History and criticism | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death |
| ISBN: | 1-283-09843-1 |
| 9786613098436 | |
| 1-57233-690-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791674603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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