Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish" -- "I never saw or heard the car coming": my close call with death -- "Death itself is a wonderful and positive experience": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and The wheel of life -- "With autobiography there's always another text, a countertext": Philip Roth and Patrimony -- "Death confers a certain beauty on one's hours": Harold Brodkey and This wild darkness -- "I have never been tempted to write about my own life": Susan Sontag, David Rieff, and Swimming in a sea of death -- "Sleeplessness for me is a cherished state": Edward W. Said and Out of place -- "There is more than one sort of luck": Tony Judt and The memory chalet -- "I never realized dying could be so much fun": Art Buchwald and Too soon to say goodbye -- "Learn how to live, and you'll know how to die": Morrie Schwartz's Letting go and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie -- "I'm dying and I'm having fun": Randy Pausch and The last lecture -- "Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories": Jean-Dominique Bauby and The diving bell and The butterfly -- "I live in my suffering and that makes me happy": Roland Barthes and Mourning diary -- Conclusion: "alive when I died". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463397303321 |
Berman Jeffrey <1945-> | ||
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish" -- "I never saw or heard the car coming": my close call with death -- "Death itself is a wonderful and positive experience": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and The wheel of life -- "With autobiography there's always another text, a countertext": Philip Roth and Patrimony -- "Death confers a certain beauty on one's hours": Harold Brodkey and This wild darkness -- "I have never been tempted to write about my own life": Susan Sontag, David Rieff, and Swimming in a sea of death -- "Sleeplessness for me is a cherished state": Edward W. Said and Out of place -- "There is more than one sort of luck": Tony Judt and The memory chalet -- "I never realized dying could be so much fun": Art Buchwald and Too soon to say goodbye -- "Learn how to live, and you'll know how to die": Morrie Schwartz's Letting go and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie -- "I'm dying and I'm having fun": Randy Pausch and The last lecture -- "Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories": Jean-Dominique Bauby and The diving bell and The butterfly -- "I live in my suffering and that makes me happy": Roland Barthes and Mourning diary -- Conclusion: "alive when I died". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788495503321 |
Berman Jeffrey <1945-> | ||
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Dying in character : memoirs on the end of life / / Jeffrey Berman |
Autore | Berman Jeffrey <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (336 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/3548 |
Soggetto topico |
Authors, American - History and criticism
American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism Critically ill - United States - History and criticism Terminally ill - United States - History and criticism Autobiography Death in literature Self in literature Death - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 1-61376-215-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: "It is when faced with death that we turn most bookish" -- "I never saw or heard the car coming": my close call with death -- "Death itself is a wonderful and positive experience": Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and The wheel of life -- "With autobiography there's always another text, a countertext": Philip Roth and Patrimony -- "Death confers a certain beauty on one's hours": Harold Brodkey and This wild darkness -- "I have never been tempted to write about my own life": Susan Sontag, David Rieff, and Swimming in a sea of death -- "Sleeplessness for me is a cherished state": Edward W. Said and Out of place -- "There is more than one sort of luck": Tony Judt and The memory chalet -- "I never realized dying could be so much fun": Art Buchwald and Too soon to say goodbye -- "Learn how to live, and you'll know how to die": Morrie Schwartz's Letting go and Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie -- "I'm dying and I'm having fun": Randy Pausch and The last lecture -- "Now I cultivate the art of simmering memories": Jean-Dominique Bauby and The diving bell and The butterfly -- "I live in my suffering and that makes me happy": Roland Barthes and Mourning diary -- Conclusion: "alive when I died". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810759503321 |
Berman Jeffrey <1945-> | ||
Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fifty years of Hemingway criticism / / Peter L. Hays |
Autore | Hays Peter L. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.52 |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8108-9284-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations of Titles Cited; Part One: General Essays; 1 Hemingway on Courage; 2 Hemingway as Auteur; 3 Hemingway's Indians; 4 Hemingway, James Bond, and Andy Warhol; 5 The Arc of Plot in Hemingway's Fiction; 6 Hemingway, Nick Adams, and David Bourne; 7 Wright, Cézanne, and Hemingway; 8 Hemingway, PTSD, and Clinical Depression; Part Two: The Novels; 9 Catullus and The Sun Also Rises; 10 Hemingway and Henry James; 11 Imperial Brett in The Sun Also Rises; 12 Hunting Ritual in The Sun Also Rises; 13 The Other Wounded Heroes of SAR
14 Ministrant Barkley in A Farewell to Arms15 Hemingway Raids the Library for For Whom the Bell Tolls; 16 Sex, Death, and Pine Needles in For Whom the Bell Tolls; 17 Exchange Between Rivals; Part Three: The Short Stories; 18 Duro; 19 Hemingway and London; 20 Hemingway and the Fisher King; 21 Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" and O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh; 22 "Soldier's Home" and Ford Madox Ford; 23 No Sanctuary; 24 Hemingway's Bartlebys; Part Four: Scott and Ernest; 25 Hemingway and Fitzgerald; 26 The Sins of the Father: Hemingway and Fitzgerald 27 Tennessee Williams "Outs" Scott and ErnestPart Five: Teaching Hemingway; 28 My Problem in Teaching A Farewell to Arms; 29 Teaching "Indian Camp"; Part Six: Inside Hemingway; 30 Hemingway's Playboy Interviews: Are They Genuine?; 31 Hemingway's Puzzles; 32 Ailments, Accidents, and Suicide; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453641803321 |
Hays Peter L. <1938-> | ||
Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fifty years of Hemingway criticism / / Peter L. Hays |
Autore | Hays Peter L. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.52 |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-8108-9284-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations of Titles Cited; Part One: General Essays; 1 Hemingway on Courage; 2 Hemingway as Auteur; 3 Hemingway's Indians; 4 Hemingway, James Bond, and Andy Warhol; 5 The Arc of Plot in Hemingway's Fiction; 6 Hemingway, Nick Adams, and David Bourne; 7 Wright, Cézanne, and Hemingway; 8 Hemingway, PTSD, and Clinical Depression; Part Two: The Novels; 9 Catullus and The Sun Also Rises; 10 Hemingway and Henry James; 11 Imperial Brett in The Sun Also Rises; 12 Hunting Ritual in The Sun Also Rises; 13 The Other Wounded Heroes of SAR
14 Ministrant Barkley in A Farewell to Arms15 Hemingway Raids the Library for For Whom the Bell Tolls; 16 Sex, Death, and Pine Needles in For Whom the Bell Tolls; 17 Exchange Between Rivals; Part Three: The Short Stories; 18 Duro; 19 Hemingway and London; 20 Hemingway and the Fisher King; 21 Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" and O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh; 22 "Soldier's Home" and Ford Madox Ford; 23 No Sanctuary; 24 Hemingway's Bartlebys; Part Four: Scott and Ernest; 25 Hemingway and Fitzgerald; 26 The Sins of the Father: Hemingway and Fitzgerald 27 Tennessee Williams "Outs" Scott and ErnestPart Five: Teaching Hemingway; 28 My Problem in Teaching A Farewell to Arms; 29 Teaching "Indian Camp"; Part Six: Inside Hemingway; 30 Hemingway's Playboy Interviews: Are They Genuine?; 31 Hemingway's Puzzles; 32 Ailments, Accidents, and Suicide; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790762803321 |
Hays Peter L. <1938-> | ||
Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Fifty years of Hemingway criticism / / Peter L. Hays |
Autore | Hays Peter L. <1938-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 813/.52 |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
ISBN | 0-8108-9284-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Abbreviations of Titles Cited; Part One: General Essays; 1 Hemingway on Courage; 2 Hemingway as Auteur; 3 Hemingway's Indians; 4 Hemingway, James Bond, and Andy Warhol; 5 The Arc of Plot in Hemingway's Fiction; 6 Hemingway, Nick Adams, and David Bourne; 7 Wright, Cézanne, and Hemingway; 8 Hemingway, PTSD, and Clinical Depression; Part Two: The Novels; 9 Catullus and The Sun Also Rises; 10 Hemingway and Henry James; 11 Imperial Brett in The Sun Also Rises; 12 Hunting Ritual in The Sun Also Rises; 13 The Other Wounded Heroes of SAR
14 Ministrant Barkley in A Farewell to Arms15 Hemingway Raids the Library for For Whom the Bell Tolls; 16 Sex, Death, and Pine Needles in For Whom the Bell Tolls; 17 Exchange Between Rivals; Part Three: The Short Stories; 18 Duro; 19 Hemingway and London; 20 Hemingway and the Fisher King; 21 Hemingway's "A Clean Well-Lighted Place" and O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh; 22 "Soldier's Home" and Ford Madox Ford; 23 No Sanctuary; 24 Hemingway's Bartlebys; Part Four: Scott and Ernest; 25 Hemingway and Fitzgerald; 26 The Sins of the Father: Hemingway and Fitzgerald 27 Tennessee Williams "Outs" Scott and ErnestPart Five: Teaching Hemingway; 28 My Problem in Teaching A Farewell to Arms; 29 Teaching "Indian Camp"; Part Six: Inside Hemingway; 30 Hemingway's Playboy Interviews: Are They Genuine?; 31 Hemingway's Puzzles; 32 Ailments, Accidents, and Suicide; Works Cited; Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810188303321 |
Hays Peter L. <1938-> | ||
Lanham : , : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Cormac McCarthy [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Frye |
Autore | Frye Steven |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 205 p |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Collana | Understanding contemporary American literature |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-57621-X
9786613888662 1-61117-204-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding Cormac McCarthy -- The Southern works -- Into the West : Blood meridian -- The border trilogy -- The later works. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462116103321 |
Frye Steven | ||
Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Cormac McCarthy [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Frye |
Autore | Frye Steven |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 205 p |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Collana | Understanding contemporary American literature |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-283-57621-X
9786613888662 1-61117-204-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding Cormac McCarthy -- The Southern works -- Into the West : Blood meridian -- The border trilogy -- The later works. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785886303321 |
Frye Steven | ||
Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding Cormac McCarthy [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Frye |
Autore | Frye Steven |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 205 p |
Disciplina | 813/.54 |
Collana | Understanding contemporary American literature |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-283-57621-X
9786613888662 1-61117-204-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding Cormac McCarthy -- The Southern works -- Into the West : Blood meridian -- The border trilogy -- The later works. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827250803321 |
Frye Steven | ||
Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Understanding David Mamet [[electronic resource] /] / Brenda Murphy |
Autore | Murphy Brenda <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of South Carolina Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 143 p |
Disciplina | 812/.54 |
Collana | Understanding contemporary American literature |
Soggetto topico | Authors, American - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-57619-8
9786613888648 1-61117-200-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding David Mamet -- The essays -- Men with men, women with women -- Men and women -- Parents and children -- Confidence games -- Degeneration and descent -- The novels. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462117303321 |
Murphy Brenda <1950-> | ||
Columbia, : University of South Carolina Press, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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