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Ambrose Bierce and the dance of death / Sharon Talley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Talley, Sharon, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Death in literature.
- Fear of death in literature.
- War in literature.
- War stories, American--History and criticism.
- War stories, American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war.
- United States.
- Bierce, Ambrose, 1842-1914?--Criticism and interpretation.
- Bierce, Ambrose.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613098436
- 9781283098434
- 1283098431
- 9781572336902
- 1572336900
- OCLC:
- 699513603
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