Tragic novels, René Girard and the American dream: sacrifice in suburbia

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"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...

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