Hysteria and melancholy as literary style in the works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes

Hysteria and melancholy as literary style in the works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Chopin, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Djuna Barnes

Introduction -- Why hysteria and melancholy? -- Preliminaries -- Hysteria: from history to story -- Melancholy: a theory of loss -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman: the question of "knowing" -- Kate Chopin: an awakening to death -- Zelda Fitzgerald: waltzing into breakdown -- Djuna Barnes: odour...

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1. Verfasser: Švrljuga, Željka (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lombardo, Patrizia (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Lewiston, NY u.a. Edwin Mellen Press 2011
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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins > Chopin, Kate > Fitzgerald, Zelda > Barnes, Djuna > American fiction > Women authors > Hysteria in literature > Melancholy in literature > Literary style > Literarischer Stil > Hysterie > Melancholie > USA > Literatur
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Why hysteria and melancholy? -- Preliminaries -- Hysteria: from history to story -- Melancholy: a theory of loss -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman: the question of "knowing" -- Kate Chopin: an awakening to death -- Zelda Fitzgerald: waltzing into breakdown -- Djuna Barnes: odour of memory -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Why hysteria and melancholy? -- Preliminaries -- Hysteria: from history to story -- Melancholy: a theory of loss -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman: the question of "knowing" -- Kate Chopin: an awakening to death -- Zelda Fitzgerald: waltzing into breakdown -- Djuna Barnes: odour of memory -- Conclusion
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XII, 241 S.
Ill.
ISBN:0773415173
0-7734-1517-3
9780773415171
978-0-7734-1517-1