Dionysus in Literature: Essays on Literary MadnessBranimir M. Rieger University of Wisconsin Pres, 2011 M06 1 - 242 páginas In this anthology, outstanding authorities present their assessments of literary madness in a variety of topics and approaches. The entire collection of essays presents intriguing aspects of the Dionysian element in literature. |
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... characters or some nexus ? Does it refer to the writings of madmen or the actions of mad protagonists ? ls literary madness similar to the clinical madness of psychology ? Or is it closer to anomie , a sociological term for a type of ...
... characters or some nexus ? Does it refer to the writings of madmen or the actions of mad protagonists ? ls literary madness similar to the clinical madness of psychology ? Or is it closer to anomie , a sociological term for a type of ...
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... characters have journeyed to places where most of us can only dream of going . Furthermore , we often repress our mad or wilder sides in reaction to the pressures of society or pretend to be saner than we are . Literature classifies ...
... characters have journeyed to places where most of us can only dream of going . Furthermore , we often repress our mad or wilder sides in reaction to the pressures of society or pretend to be saner than we are . Literature classifies ...
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... characters of writers ; and 3 ) the critical method by which psychological terms from the field of medical madness are applied to literary madness . Each approach has some validity in literary application , but if applied superficially ...
... characters of writers ; and 3 ) the critical method by which psychological terms from the field of medical madness are applied to literary madness . Each approach has some validity in literary application , but if applied superficially ...
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... characters or mad behavior of characters . This category is general enough to encompass a very significant canon of literature dealing with some aspect of abnormal behavior . Writers endow their characters with strange behaviors for a ...
... characters or mad behavior of characters . This category is general enough to encompass a very significant canon of literature dealing with some aspect of abnormal behavior . Writers endow their characters with strange behaviors for a ...
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... character who suffers an anomie madness , like Gregor Samsa or the Underground Man , ” mad " characters can take more active steps as rebels or non - conformists to oppose society's constraints . Writers portray these characters as ...
... character who suffers an anomie madness , like Gregor Samsa or the Underground Man , ” mad " characters can take more active steps as rebels or non - conformists to oppose society's constraints . Writers portray these characters as ...
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33 | |
Through a Lens Darkly | 49 |
A Horneyan Approach to American Literature | 59 |
Antitypes of Merlin | 71 |
Dostoyevsky and His Underground Man | 89 |
Madness and the Eye of the Reader | 101 |
The Precarious Quest for Truth | 133 |
Herman Melville and The Sane Madness of Vital Truth | 149 |
The Institution in Contemporary Ameriean Fiction | 169 |
Faulkner and the Furies | 183 |
Images of the Shaman in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut | 197 |
Manie Depression and Creativity | 209 |
A Theme Course on Madness in Literature | 221 |
Contributors | 231 |
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