Dionysus in literature : essays on literary madness / edited by Branimir M. Rieger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rieger, Branimir M., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness in literature.

Dionysus (Greek deity) in literature.

Dionysus (Greek deity)--In literature.

Dionysus.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this anthology, outstanding authorities present their assessments of literary madness in a variety of topics and approaches. The entire collection of essays presents intriguing aspects of the Dionysian element in literature.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction Dionysus in Literature: Essays on Literary Madness

Literary Theories and the Concept of Madness

Are Creative Writers Mad? An Empirical Perspective

Through a Lens, Darkly

A Horneyan Approach to American Literature

The Lineage of Mad Scientists: Anti-types of Merlin

Madness, Masochism and Morality: Dostoyevsky and His Underground Man

Hamiet: Madness and the Eye of the Reader

Vision, Madness, Myth and William Blake

Postmortem Diagnoses of Virginia Woolf's "Madness": The Precarious Quest for Truth

Herman Melville and "The Sane Madness of Vital Truth

Inmates Running the Asylum: The Institution in Contemporary American Fiction

Faulkner and the Furies

Images of the Shaman in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut

Stephen King's Misery: Manie Depression and Creativity

The Class Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A Theme Course on "Madness in Literature

Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613583055

9781280487828

1280487828

9780299278731

0299278735

OCLC:

301226495