The mortal no : death and the modern imagination / by Frederick John Hoffman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffman, Frederick John, author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2273

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Death in literature.

Violent deaths.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (524 p.)

Other Title:

Death and the modern imagination.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1964.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Using examples from modem writers the author examines the impact of death using the concepts of grace, violence and self.Originally published in 1954.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION: A LOOK AT THE TERMS

PART ONE. GRACE

1. VIOLENCE AND DECORUM

2. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SECULAR GRACE

PART TWO. VIOLENCE

3. THE ASSAILANT AND THE VICTIM: SOME DEFINITIONS OF MODERN VIOLENCE

4. THE MOMENT OF VIOLENCE: ERNST JUENGER AND THE LITERARY PROBLEM OF FACT

5. THE SCENE OF VIOLENCE: DOSTOEVSKY AND DREISER

6. THE IMAGERY OF CATASTROPHE

7. "TERROR'S UNIQUE ENIGMA": THE LITERATURE OF WORLD WAR II

8. THE HERO IN ABSENTIA: THE CONCENTRATION CAMP

9. KAFKA'S THE TRIAL: THE ASSAILANT AS LANDSCAPE

PART THREE. SELF

10. THE TRANSCENDENT SELF

11. "ECSTATIC TEMPORALITY": THE SELF IN TIME

12. "THE BOOK OF HIMSELF": JOYCE AND LAWRENCE

13. EXISTENTIALIST LIVING AND DYING

14. CONCLUSION: THE WHEEL OF SELF

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65032-2

0-691-06080-0

1-4008-7818-7

OCLC:

966771303