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050		4	_aPN56.D4 -- .D438 2015eb
082	0		_a809.933548
100	1		_aTeodorescu, Adriana.
245	1	0	_aDeath Representations in Literature : _bForms and Theories.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNewcastle-upon-Tyne : _bCambridge Scholars Publishing, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a1 online resource (447 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aDying and Death Studies
505	0		_aIntro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- IS LITERATURE A SLAP IN THE FACEOF DEATH? -- THEORIES AND POETICS OF DEATHIN LITERATURE -- THE PARADOX OF MORTALITY -- WRITING IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH -- BRINGING DEATH TO WORDSWHEN POETIZING -- DEATH REPRESENTATION IN LITERATURE -- FROM EARLY MODERN LITERATURETO REALISM -- DEATH REPRESENTATION IN FRENCH EARLYMODERN TRAGEDIES -- "THIS SALUTARY REMEDY" -- NECRO-TRANSCENDENCE /NECRO-NATURALISM -- DEATH AND DEMOCRACYIN AMERICAN REALISM -- "THE LITTLE WORLD OF POVERTY" -- MODERN LITERATURE -- BELOVED PRESENCE, PAINFUL ABSENCE -- EXPRESSIONIST DEATH IMAGESAND THE FEMININE OTHER -- POSTMODERN AND POPULAR LITERATURE -- POSTMODERN AND POPULAR LITERATURE -- REPRESENTATIONS OF DEATH AND TOPOIIN MISHIMA YUKIO'S Y KOKU (PATRIOTISM) -- DEATH IN JEAN ECHENOZ'S NOVELS -- THE PERPETUAL DESIRE TO PERISH -- THE BENEFITS OF DYING IN THE WORLDOF SUPERHEROES -- ONCE UPON A TIME -- VIOLENT DEATH IN PARALOGES SONGS -- INTERFERENCES AND COMPARATIVESAPPROACHES -- DEATH IS BUT THE NEXT GREAT ADVENTURE -- DEATH AS SYMPTOM IN WAGNER'S PARSIFAL -- THE MANY FACES OF DEATH IN MODESTMUSSORGSKY'S THE SONGS AND DANCESOF DEATH -- DEATH AND THE MAIDEN IN 20TH CENTURYLITERATURE AND VISUAL ARTS -- PICTURES OF DEATH ENVISIONEDBY LITERARY MEMOIRS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX.
520			_aIf the academic field of death studies is a prosperous one, there still seems to be a level of mistrust concerning the capacity of literature to provide socially relevant information about death and to help improve the anthropological understanding of how culture is shaped by the human condition of mortality. Furthermore, the relationship between literature and death tends to be trivialized, in the sense that death representations are interpreted in an over-aestheticized manner. As such, this.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aDeath in literature.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aTeodorescu, Adriana _tDeath Representations in Literature _dNewcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing,c2015 _z9781443871587
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aDying and Death Studies
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=2076623 _zClick to View
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