Dionysus in Literature: Essays on Literary MadnessBranimir M. Rieger 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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