Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley |
Autore | Talley Sharon <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 |
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 genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-09843-1
9786613098436 1-57233-690-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458070103321 |
Talley Sharon <1952->
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Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley |
Autore | Talley Sharon <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-09843-1
9786613098436 1-57233-690-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791674603321 |
Talley Sharon <1952->
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death [[electronic resource] /] / Sharon Talley |
Autore | Talley Sharon <1952-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-09843-1
9786613098436 1-57233-690-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822198203321 |
Talley Sharon <1952->
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Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, 2009 | ||
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At Home, At War : Domesticity and World War I in American Literature / / Jennifer Haytock |
Autore | Haytock Jennifer Anne |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxviii, 147 p. ) |
Disciplina | 813/.509358 |
Soggetto topico |
War in literature
Home in literature War stories, American - History and criticism Domestic fiction, American - History and criticism World War, 1914-1918 - United States - Literature and the war American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8142-7347-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552779403321 |
Haytock Jennifer Anne
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Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2003 | ||
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The Cambridge companion to war writing / / edited by Kate McLoughlin [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 263 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 820.9/3581 |
Collana | Cambridge companions to literature |
Soggetto topico |
War stories, English - History and criticism
War in literature War and literature - United States War and literature - Great Britain War stories, American - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-139-80188-0
1-139-00264-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The idea of war / Hew Strachan -- War and words / Kate McLoughlin -- People in war / Sarah Cole -- War zones / Adam Piette -- War in print journalism / Kate McLoughlin -- The bible / David Jasper -- Classical war literature / L.V. Pitcher -- Medieval warfare / Corinne Saunders -- Early modern war writing and the British civil wars / Philip West -- The eighteenth century and the romantics on war / Gillian Russell -- American Revolutionary War writing / Edward Larkin -- The Victorians and war / John R. Reed -- The American Civil War / Will Kaufman -- The First World War: British writing / Trudi Tate -- The First World War: American writing / Patrick Quinn -- The Spanish Civil War / Valentine Cunningham -- The Second World War: British writing / Mark Rawlinson -- The Second World War: American writing / Walter Hölbling -- American writing of the wars in Korea and Vietnam / Jeffrey Walsh -- The Cold War and the "War on Terror" / David Pascoe. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996209544703316 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009 | ||
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Friendly fire : American images of the Vietnam War / / Katherine Kinney [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Kinney Katherine <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages) : illustrations, 1 portrait |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 - Literature and the conflict National characteristics, American, in literature War stories, American - History and criticism War poetry, American - History and criticism Group identity in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-772417-5
0-19-988165-0 1-280-65522-4 0-19-802758-3 1-4237-4571-X 0-19-534962-8 1-60256-750-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808649603321 |
Kinney Katherine <1959->
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 | ||
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Friendly fire : American images of the Vietnam War / / Katherine Kinney |
Autore | Kinney Katherine <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 221 p. ) : ill., 1 port |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Literature and the war National characteristics, American, in literature War stories, American - History and criticism War poetry, American - History and criticism Group identity in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-65522-4
0-19-802758-3 1-4237-4571-X 0-19-534962-8 1-60256-750-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458225403321 |
Kinney Katherine <1959->
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Friendly fire : American images of the Vietnam War / / Katherine Kinney |
Autore | Kinney Katherine <1959-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 221 p. ) : ill., 1 port |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Soggetto topico |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Literature and the war National characteristics, American, in literature War stories, American - History and criticism War poetry, American - History and criticism Group identity in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-772417-5
0-19-988165-0 1-280-65522-4 0-19-802758-3 1-4237-4571-X 0-19-534962-8 1-60256-750-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784662303321 |
Kinney Katherine <1959->
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000 | ||
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The health of the state : modern US war narrative and the American political imagination, 1890-1964 / / Jonathan Vincent |
Autore | Vincent Jonathan (Jonathan E.) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 810.93581 |
Soggetto topico |
War stories, American - History and criticism
War and literature - United States War in literature |
ISBN |
0-19-065037-0
0-19-046668-5 0-19-046667-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Health of the State -- Liberalism and War in American Political Discourse -- Organizational Affect, Modern Temporality, and the Imagined Future War Narrative's Flexible Pedagogy -- A Conclusion on Methodology -- Paradoxical Pedagogies: Civil War Narratives and the Progressive State, 1890-1917 -- Preparedness Nation: World War I and the Culture of Militarization -- "A Bestial Convulsion of Civilization": Race and Nation in American Modernism -- A Peculiar Sovereignty: Literary Antifascism and the Liberal Warfare State -- The Vacant Center: Cold War Liberalism and World War II Narrative -- Refusing Sovereignty: Impossible Subjects and the Politics of Resistance -- Afterword. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154718103321 |
Vincent Jonathan (Jonathan E.)
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New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 | ||
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The imagined Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : popular literature of the North & South, 1861-1865 / / Alice Fahs |
Autore | Fahs Alice |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (425 p.) |
Disciplina | 810.9/358 |
Collana | Civil War America |
Soggetto topico |
War and literature - Southern States - History - 19th century
American literature - Southern States - History and criticism Popular literature - Southern States - History and criticism War and literature - United States - History - 19th century American literature - 19th century - History and criticism Popular literature - United States - History and criticism War stories, American - History and criticism War poetry, American - History and criticism War in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8078-9929-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Popular Literary Culture in Wartime; 2. The Early Spirit of War; 3. The Sentimental Soldier; 4. The Feminized War; 5. Kingdom Coming: The Emancipation of Popular Literature; 6. The Humor of War; 7. The Sensational War; 8. A Boys' and Girls' War; 9. The Market Value of Memory: Histories of the War; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458451203321 |
Fahs Alice
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Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2001 | ||
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