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Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death / / Sharon Talley



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Autore: Talley Sharon <1952-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death / / Sharon Talley Visualizza cluster
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
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ISBN: 1-283-09843-1
9786613098436
1-57233-690-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910822198203321
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