The new death American modernism and World War I /

James, Pearl.

The new death American modernism and World War I / Pearl James. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Clean" wounds and modern women: World War I in one of ours -- The story Nick can't tell: trauma in The Great Gatsby -- Regendering war trauma and relocating the abject: Catherine Barkley's death -- The missing of Sartoris -- Conclusion: New death, blood simple.



9780813934099


Modernism (Literature)--United States.
World War, 1914-1918--Literature and the war.
Death in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century


Electronic Books.

PS228 / .N493 2013