Dreams of the burning child: sacrificial sons and the father's witness

Cover -- Dreams of the Burning Child -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Body of Fatherhood -- 1 The Deified Father and the Sacrificial Son -- 2 Virgil's Aeneid: The History of a Wound -- 3 Witnessing as Theater in Shakespeare -- 4 Charles Dickens: A...

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Main Author: Miller, David Lee 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2018
In:Year: 2018
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B English language / Literature / Son (Motif) / Sacrifice (chess) (Religion, Motiv)
B Girard, René 1923-2015
Online Access: Volltext (Aggregator)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Dreams of the Burning Child -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Body of Fatherhood -- 1 The Deified Father and the Sacrificial Son -- 2 Virgil's Aeneid: The History of a Wound -- 3 Witnessing as Theater in Shakespeare -- 4 Charles Dickens: A Dead Hand at a Baby -- 5 Jonson, Freud, Lacan: This Moving Dream -- 6 Mourning Patriarchy: A Return to the Crossroads -- Bibliography -- Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (254 pages)
ISBN:978-1-5017-2884-6