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Character and mourning : Woolf, Faulkner, and the novel elegy of the First World War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penner, Erin, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941 > Criticism and interpretation.
Faulkner, William, > 1897-1962 > Criticism and interpretation.
Faulkner, William, > 1897-1962.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941.
World War (1914-1918)
World War, 1914-1918 > In literature.
Grief in literature.
War in literature.
Literature.
1914-1918
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Multiplying mourners in the Sound and the fury
  • Competitive elegy in The waves
  • The lively response of the dead in As I lay dying and Jacob's room
  • "A host of others" in Mrs. Dalloway
  • "Unproductive" grief in Go down, Moses
  • Conclusion.