Death and Representation by Sarah Webster Goodwin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Death and Representation by Sarah Webster Goodwin, Elizabeth Bronfen Contributors are Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Regina Barreca, Elisabeth Bronfen, Carol Christ, Sander Gilman, Sarah Webster Goodwin, Margaret Higonnet, Regina Janes, Ellie Ragland-Sullivan, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Ronald Schleifer, Charles Segal, and Garrett Stewart. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Death is a subject of increasing interest in virtually all academic disciplines, yet there is surprisingly little theoretical work on the representation of death in literary contexts. "Death and Representation" offers a collection of international and interdisciplinary essays, rich in cultural perspectives but sharing a relatively common vocabulary. It provides models for a number of interrelated approaches - including psychoanalvtic, feminist, and historical - with essays by prominent and promising scholars. All the contributions combine theory with textual readings, whether of literature, paintings, historical sources, or - in one case - a passage from Freud. The essays in "Death and Representation" trace the multifarious ways in which death is both unknowable and repeatedly constructed. In so doing, the collection shows how thematics - as an issue in scholarly research - can serve as a platform for interdisciplinary discussions. Essays are organized in three sections: "Reading Death: Sign, Psyche, Text"; "Death and Gender"; and "History, Power, Ideology". Author Biography Sarah Webster Goodwin is associate professor of English at Skidmore College and is the author of Kitsch and Culture: The Dance of Death in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Graphic Arts. Elizabeth Bronfen is professor of English at the University of Zurich and the author of Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity, and Aesthetics. Review Scholarly, sensitive, and provocative inquiries into ways of revisioning and broadening peoples understanding of the final exit. World Literature Today Long Description Death is a subject of increasing interest in virtually all academic disciplines, yet there is surprisingly little theoretical work on the representation of death in literary contexts. Death and Representation offers a unique collection of international and interdisciplinary essays, rich in cultural perspectives but sharing a relatively common vocabulary. It provides models for a number of interrelated approaches--including psychoanalytic, feminist, and historical--with essays by prominent and promising scholars. Contributors are Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Regina Barreca, Elisabeth Bronfen, Carol Christ, Sander Gilman, Sarah Webster Goodwin, Margaret Higonnet, Regina Janes, Ellie Ragland-Sullivan, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Ronald Schleifer, Charles Segal, and Garrett Stewart. Review Text ""Scholarly, sensitive, and provocative inquiries into ways of revisioning and broadening peoples understanding of the final exit."" Review Quote "Scholarly, sensitive, and provocative inquiries into ways of revisioning and broadening peoples understanding of the final exit."-- World Literature Today Details ISBN0801846277 Short Title DEATH & REPRESENTATION Pages 344 Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801846277 ISBN-13 9780801846274 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press Place of Publication Baltimore, MD Country of Publication United States Edited by Elizabeth Bronfen Audience Age 17 DOI 10.1604/9780801846274 NZ Release Date 1994-01-26 US Release Date 1994-01-26 UK Release Date 1994-01-26 Author Elizabeth Bronfen Series Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society Year 1994 Publication Date 1994-01-26 Alternative 9780801846243 DEWEY 809 Audience Undergraduate AU Release Date 1993-12-14 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161800661;

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