MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009010600
003 DLC
005 20100701150620.0
008 090316s2009 tnu b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2009010600
020 $a9781572336803
020 $a1572336803
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn317067979
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050 00 $aPS1097.Z5$bT34 2009
082 00 $a813/.4$222
100 1 $aTalley, Sharon,$d1952-
245 10 $aAmbrose Bierce and the dance of death /$cSharon Talley.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aKnoxville :$bUniversity of Tennessee Press,$cc2009.
300 $axviii, 160 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aChildhood and the fear of death in the Parenticide Club and "Visions of the Night" -- The failed journey to self-understanding in "The death of Halpin Frayser" -- Sacred to death: tales of terror from In the Midst of Life -- Doubling death: seeking the immortal self in stories from Can such things be? -- Courage and cowardice: facing death in Bierce's early Civil War writings -- Death before dishonor: seasoned soldiers and the burden of heroism -- Collateral damage: civilians and the human cost of war -- Seeking death: tales of suicidal war heroes -- Surviving war: "Phantoms of a blood-stained period" and posttraumatic stress disorder -- Bierce's final dance of death.
600 10 $aBierce, Ambrose,$d1842-1914?$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aDeath in literature.
650 0 $aFear of death in literature.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xLiterature and the war.
650 0 $aWar stories, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWar in literature.