Shell Shock and the Modernist Imagination : the Death Drive in Post-World War I British Fiction.

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bonikowski, Wyatt
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Taylor and Francis, 2016.
Subjects:
1900-1999
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
World War, 1914-1918 > Literature and the war.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Roman anglais > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
English fiction
Psychic trauma in literature
War and literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: shell shock and the traces of war
  • The invisible wound: shell shock and psychoanalysis
  • Transports of a wartime impressionism: Ford Madox Ford's Parade's end
  • The "passion of exile": Rebecca West's The return of the soldier
  • "Death was an attempt to communicate": Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
  • Conclusions: the ethics and aesthetics of the death drive.

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