Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; New York, : Continuum, 2006
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (191 p.)
Disciplina	809.383809.304 809.39
Collana	Continuum literary studies
Soggetto topico	Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism Contemporary, The, in literature Violence in literature Popular culture in literature
ISBN	1-4725-4267-3 1-281-29537-X 9786611295370 1-4411-6213-5 1-84714-039-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Part I. The Americas. "Right here in nowheres": American psycho and violence's critique / Naomi Mandel -- Telling doubles and literal-minded reading in Bret Easton Ellis's Glamorama / Henrik Skov Nielsen -- Posthumous voice and residual presence in Don DeLillo's The body artist / Mikko Keskinen -- A post-apocalyptic world: the excremental, abject female warriors of Josee Yvon / Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester -- On the impossibility of being contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle / Martine Delvaux -- Media-portrayed violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja / Jason Summers -- Part II. Europe and the Middle East. Sadomasochism, castration and rape: Richard Morgieve's nightmare theater of primal scenes / Ralph Schoolcraft -- Dantec's Inferno / Lawrence R. Schehr -- Michel Houellebecq: a fin de siecle for the twentieth century / Sabine van Wesemael -- Beyond the extreme: Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the world / Alain-Philippe Durand -- Amelie Nothomb's dialectic of the sublime and the grotesque / Martine Guyot-Bender -- Violence biting its own tail: Martin Amis's Yellow dog / Jean-Michel Ganteau -- Beauty and death as simulacra in Ray Loriga's Caidos del cielo and El hombre que invento Manhattan / Kathryn Everly -- Sex, drugs and violence in Lucia Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, Prozac y dudas / Catherine Bourland Ross -- On human parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli extreme / Adia Mendelson-Maoz Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction; Alian-Philippe Durand and Naomi Mandel -- Part I: Americas -- 1. 'Right Here in Nowheres': American Psycho and Violence's Critique; Naomi Mandel -- 2. Telling doubles and Literal Minded Reading in Bret Easton Ellis' Glamorama; Henrik Skov Nielsen -- 3. Posthumous Voice and Residual Presence in Don DeLillo's The Body Artist; Mikko Keskinen -- 4. A Post-Apocalyptic World: The Excremental, Abject Female Warriors of Josée Yvon; Paula Ruth Gilbert with Colleen Lester -- 5. On the Impossibility of Being Contemporary in Nelly Arcan's Folle; Martine Delvaux -- 6. Media-Portrayed Violence in Alberto Fuguet's Tinta roja; Jason G. Summers -- Part II: Europe and the Middle East -- 7. Sadomasochism, Castration and Rape: Richard Morgiève's Nightmare Theater of Primal Scenes; Ralph Schoolcraft -- 8. Dantec's Inferno; Lawrence R. Schehr -- 9. Apocalypse Now: Fins de siècles in the French Novel; Sabine van Wesemael -- 10. Beyond The Extreme: Frédéric Beigbeder's Windows on the World; Alain-Philippe Durand -- 11. Amélie Nothomb's Dialectic of the Sublime and the Grotesque; Martine Guyot-Bender -- 12. Violence Biting Its Own Tail: Martin Amis's Yellow Dog; Jean-Michel Ganteau -- 13. Beauty and Death as Simulacra in Ray Loriga's Caídos del cielo and El hombre que inventó Manhattan; Kathryn Everly -- 14. Sex, Drugs, and Violence in Lucía Etxebarria's Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas; Catherine Bourland Ross -- 15- On Human Parts: Orly Castel-Bloom and the Israeli Extreme; Adia Mendelson-Maoz -- Bibliography -- Index
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Pubbl/distr/stampa	East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xiv, 459 pages)
Disciplina	882.01
Collana	Studies in violence, mimesis, and culture
Soggetto topico	Greek drama (Tragedy) - History and criticism Violence in literature Murder in literature
ISBN	1-60917-615-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The ritual background King and victim Oedipus on trial
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910793809003321

Autore	Piazza Francesca
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bologna, Italy : , : Società editrice il Mulino Spa, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (240 pages)
Disciplina	400
Soggetto topico	Language and languages Violence in language Violence in literature
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	ita
Altri titoli varianti	Parola e la spada La parola e la spada
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910341857403321

Autore	Peixoto Marta
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (138 p.)
Disciplina	869.3
Soggetto topico	Women in literature Sex role in literature Violence in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8166-8470-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Young Artist and the Snares of Gender; 2. Female Power in Family Ties; 3. The Nurturing Text in Hélène Cixous and Clarice Lispector; 4. A Woman Writing: Fiction and Autobiography in The Stream of Life and The Stations of the Body; 5. Rape and Textual Violence; Afterword: The Violence of a Heart; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457364503321

Autore	Beumers Birgit
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Bristol, UK ; ; Chicago, : Intellect, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (322 p.)
Disciplina	891.72509
Altri autori (Persone)	Lipovet͡skiĭM. N (Mark Naumovich)
Soggetto topico	Russian drama - 20th century - History and criticism Russian drama - 21st century - History and criticism Violence in literature Violence in motion pictures Violence in the theater - Russia (Federation)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-45566-4 9786612455667 1-84150-346-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front Cover; Preliminary Pages; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: Contours and Contexts of New Drama; Part I: The Context; Chapter 1: Violence in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture; Chapter 2: The Precursors of New Drama; Chapter 3: Theatre in the Ruins of Language; Part II: Text and Performance; Chapter 4: Communicating through Violence: Kurochkin, Koliada, Sigarev, Klavdiev; Chapter 5: Evgenii Grishkovets and Trauma; Chapter 6: Documentary Theatre; Chapter 7: Ivan Vyrypaev and the Abject; Chapter 8: The Presniakovs and Performing Violence Conclusion Bibliography; Back Cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457015003321