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Author Johnsen, William A.

Title Violence and modernism : Ibsen, Joyce, and Woolf / William A. Johnsen.

Publication Info. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 168 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.
Contents Myth, ritual, and modern literature after Girard -- Pillars of a self-sacrificial society -- Folkevenner og Folkefiender: Ibsen's research in modern behavior -- Joyce's sisters -- To live, not die, for his country: Stephen D(a)edalus and Ireland's future -- Finding the father: Virginia Woolf, feminism, and modernism.
Summary "A unique and important book. Our understanding of literary modernism, which we think we know so well, is transformed by these analyses of the anthropological insights that it holds for readers."--Andrew J. McKenna, Loyola UniversityEmploying Northrop Frye and Ren Girard as his theoretical foundation, Johnsen reinterprets the works of three canonical modernists--Ibsen, Joyce, and Woolf--to argue for their commitment to analyzing collective violence as a defining motive in literary modernism.
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Subject Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Criticism and interpretation.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Girard, René, 1923-2015.
Frye, Northrop.
Frye, Northrop.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Critique et interprétation.
Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906 -- Critique et interprétation.
Joyce, James, 1882-1941 -- Critique et interprétation.
Girard, René, 1923-
Frye, Northrop, 1912-1991.
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature)
Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature) -- Ireland.
Ireland.
Modernism (Literature) -- Norway.
Norway.
Sacrifice in literature.
Sacrifice in literature.
Violence in literature.
Violence in literature.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Johnsen, William A. Violence and modernism. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, ©2003 0813026652 9780813026657 (DLC) 2003056424 (OCoLC)52518745
ISBN 9780813031842 (electronic book)
0813031842 (electronic book)