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Ghost words and invisible giants : H.D., Djuna Barnes, and the language of suffering /

"Lheisa Dustin describes "language of suffering" of iconic modernist authors H.D. and Djuna Barnes, tracing psychic splitting and virulent thought patterns in their creative works. She argues that this language, where word and meaning are disconnected, signals breaks in consciousness...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dustin, Lheisa, 1973- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Madison : Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Subjects:
H. D. > (Hilda Doolittle), > 1886-1961 > Criticism and interpretation.
H. D. > (Hilda Doolittle), > 1886-1961 > Language.
Barnes, Djuna > Criticism and interpretation.
Barnes, Djuna > Language.
Barnes, Djuna.
H. D. > (Hilda Doolittle), > 1886-1961.
Suffering in literature.
Psychoanalysis and literature.
Modernism (Literature) > United States.
Language and languages.
Modernism (Literature)
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Summary:"Lheisa Dustin describes "language of suffering" of iconic modernist authors H.D. and Djuna Barnes, tracing psychic splitting and virulent thought patterns in their creative works. She argues that this language, where word and meaning are disconnected, signals breaks in consciousness haunted by spectral objects of fear and desire"--
Physical Description:ix, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.
ISBN:9781683932307
1683932307