Ghost words and invisible giants

• Verfasst von: Dustin, Lheisa [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Ghost words and invisible giants
• Titelzusatz: H.D., Djuna Barnes, and the language of suffering
• Verf.angabe: Lheisa Dustin
• Verlagsort: Vancouver ; Madison ; Teaneck ; Wroxton
• Verlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• E-Jahr: 2021
• Jahr: [2021]
• Umfang: ix, 297 Seiten
• Format: 24 cm
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index
• ISBN: 978-1-68393-230-7
• Schlagwörter: (p)Barnes, Djuna / (p)H. D. / (s)Leid <Motiv>
• Schlagwörter: (s)LeidMotiv / (g)USA
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Dustin, Lheisa, 1973 - : Ghost Words and Invisible Giants. - Vancouver : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2021. - 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 297 pages)
• RVK-Notation: HU 3095
• RVK-Notation: HU 3489
• K10plus-PPN: 1758659947

Abstract

"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"--