RT Book
T1 Tragic novels, René Girard and the American dream: sacrifice in suburbia
T2 Violence, desire, and the sacred
JF Violence, desire, and the sacred
A1 Osborn, Carly
LA English
PP London New York
PB Bloomsbury Academic
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1903087686
AB "This book draws on the philosopher René Girard to argue that three twentieth-century American novels (Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides , Rick Moody's The Ice Storm , and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road ) are tragedies. Until now, Girardian literary analysis has generally focused on representations of human desire in texts, and neglected both other emotions and the place of tragedy. Carly Osborn addresses these omissions by using Girardian theory to present evidence that novels can indeed be tragedies. The book advances the scholarship of tragedy that has run from Aristotle to Nietzsche to Terry Eagleton, proposing a new way to read modern novels through ancient traditions. In addition, this is the first work to examine the place of women as victims, or in Girardian terms, 'scapegoats', in twentieth century fiction, specifically by considering the representation of women's bodies and ambivalence about their identities. In deploying a rich and vivid array of tragic tropes, The Virgin Suicides, The Ice Storm , and Revolutionary Road participate in a deep-rooted American tragic tradition. Tragic Novels, the American Dream and Ren ̌Girard will be of interest to those working at the intersection of philosophy and literature, as well as Girard specialists"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages [164]-202) and index
CN PS374.T66
SN 978-1-350-08348-6
SN 1-350-08348-8
K1 Eugenides, Jeffrey : Virgin suicides
K1 Moody, Rick : Ice storm
K1 Yates, Richard : 1926-1992 : Revolutionary road
K1 Girard, René : 1923-2015
K1 Girard, René - 1923-2015
K1 Virgin suicides (Eugenides, Jeffrey)
K1 1900-1999
K1 Tragic, The, in literature
K1 American fiction : 20th century : History and criticism
K1 Sacrifice
K1 Tragique dans la littérature
K1 Roman américain - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique
K1 American fiction
K1 Tragedy
K1 Criticism, interpretation, etc