East-Central European Traumas and a Millenial Condition |
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| Editor:
| Bialas, Zbigniew
Krajka, Wieslaw |
| ISBN: | 978-0-88033-441-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2000 |
| Publisher: | Eastern European Monographs
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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These essays demonstrate the complexity of traumatic conditions in the realm of symbolic representations at the end of the century of totalitarianism. Among the topics covered is a discussion of the "moribund legacy of Polishness" in Joseph Conrad; vampirism as metaphor in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles; and Freudian constructions of sexual malaise in Henry James' "The Beast of the Jungle."
These essays demonstrate the complexity of traumatic conditions in the realm of symbolic representations at the end of the century of totalitarianism. Among the topics covered is a discussion of the "moribund legacy of Polishness" in Joseph Conrad; vampirism as metaphor in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles; and Freudian constructions of sexual malaise in Henry James' "The Beast of the Jungle."