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The new death : American modernism and World War I / Pearl James.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Pearl.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Modernism (Literature)--United States.
- Modernism (Literature).
- World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Death in literature.
- Psychic trauma in literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- These writers, James argues, have much to say about how the First World War changed death's cultural meaning.
- Contents:
- "Clean" wounds and modern women: World War I in one of ours
- The story Nick can't tell: trauma in The Great Gatsby
- Regendering war trauma and relocating the abject: Catherine Barkley's death
- The missing of Sartoris
- Conclusion: New death, blood simple.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813934082
- 0813934087
- 9780813934099
- 0813934095
- OCLC:
- 831625670
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