Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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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Violence and modernism.
International Standard Book Number
9780813026657
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Frye, Northrop.
Girard, René,1923-2015.
Ibsen, Henrik,1828-1906-- Criticism and interpretation.
Joyce, James,1882-1941-- Criticism and interpretation.
Woolf, Virginia,1882-1941-- Criticism and interpretation.
Frye, Northrop,1912-1991.
Girard, René,1923-
Ibsen, Henrik,1828-1906-- Critique et interprétation.
Joyce, James,1882-1941-- Critique et interprétation.
Woolf, Virginia,1882-1941-- Critique et interprétation.
Frye, Northrop.
Girard, René,1923-2015.
Ibsen, Henrik,1828-1906.
Joyce, James,1882-1941.
Woolf, Virginia,1882-1941.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)-- Great Britain.
Modernism (Literature)-- Ireland.
Modernism (Literature)-- Norway.
Sacrifice in literature.
Violence in literature.
Modernisme (Littérature)-- Grande-Bretagne.
Modernisme (Littérature)-- Irlande.
Modernisme (Littérature)-- Norvège.
Roman anglais-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.