"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 general...
Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Osborn, Carly
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| Format: | Print
Book
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| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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| Published: |
London New York
Bloomsbury Academic
2020
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| In: |
Violence, desire, and the sacred (vol. 11)
Year: 2020
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| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Osborn, Carly, Tragic novels, René Girard and the American dream : sacrifice in suburbia] (2021) (Reineke, Martha J., 1954 -)
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| Series/Journal: | Violence, desire, and the sacred
vol. 11
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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Victim (Religion)
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| Further subjects: | B
Roman américain - 20e siècle - Histoire et critique
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American fiction
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Girard, René - 1923-2015
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1900-1999
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Tragedy
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Moody, Rick Ice storm
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Eugenides, Jeffrey Virgin suicides
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American fiction 20th century
History and criticism
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Girard, René (1923-2015)
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Tragique dans la littérature
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Tragic, The, in literature
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Virgin suicides (Eugenides, Jeffrey)
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Sacrifice
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Yates, Richard (1926-1992) Revolutionary road
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
Electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781350083509
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