Dionysus in Literature: Essays on Literary Madness

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Branimir M. Rieger
Popular Press, 1994 - Literary Criticism - 233 pages
An outstanding collection of essays that presents assessments of literary madness in a variety of topics and approaches. Editor Rieger's (English, Lander U., Greenwood, S.C.) introductory chapter gives a cultural and linguistic history of literary madness, while his concluding chapter describes a course on "Madness in Literature." Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
 

Contents

Introduction
1
Literary Theories and the Concept of Madness
17
Are Creative Writers Mad? An Empirical Perspective
33
Through a Lens Darkly
49
A Horneyan Approach to American Literature
59
Antitypes of Merlin
71
Dostoyevsky
89
Madness and the Eye of the Reader
101
Vision Madness Myth and William Blake
113
Herman Melville and The Sane Madness of Vital Truth
149
Faulkner and the Furies
183
Images of the Shaman in the Works of Kurt Vonnegut
197
Manic Depression and Creativity
209
Contributors
231
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