Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Suspended Animation Suspended Animation Robert Mills When Marsellus in the film Pulp Fiction asserts, "I'm gonna git medieval on your ass," we know that he is about to bring down a fierce and exacting punishment. Yet is the violence of the Middle Ages … OL13660253W
Violence in Literature (Critical Insights) Violence in Literature (Critical Insights) Stacey Peebles (editor) This book is a great starting point for students seeking an introduction to the theme and the critical discussions surrounding it. Our oldest stories are about conflict. This collection draws togethe… OL17094892W
Espectros Espectros Alberto Ribas-Casasayas,Amanda L. Petersen Espectros is a compilation of original scholarly studies that presents the first volume-length exploration of the spectral in literature, film, and photography of Latin America, Spain, and the Latino… OL19728365W
Literature, rhetoric, and violence in Northern Ireland, 1968-98 Literature, rhetoric, and violence in Northern Ireland, 1968-98 Patrick Grant "During the Northern Irish Troubles of the past thirty years, a war of words has accompanied and interpenetrated with the actual conduct of violence in highly complex ways. This book considers how li… OL2009875W
Disappear here Disappear here Naomi Mandel x, 254 pages : 24 cm OL22315365W
Fatal Women Fatal Women Lynda Hart In this major contribution to lesbian theory and cultural studies, Lydia Hart explores how the shadow of the lesbian animates representations of violent women in literature, plays, film and performan… OL2692019W
Novel violence Novel violence Garrett Stewart "Victorian novels, Garrett Stewart argues, hurtle forward in prose as violent as the brutal human existence they chronicle. In Novel Violence, he explains how such language assaults the norms of writ… OL458775W
Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston Women, violence & testimony in the works of Zora Neale Hurston Diana Miles "Zora Neale Hurston produced some of the most provocative literature of the twentieth century. This book examines the numerous scenes of violence against women in her fictional works and the developm… OL6212760W
The language of war The language of war James Dawes "The Language of War examines the relationship between language and violence, focusing on American literature from the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. James Dawes proceeds by developing two… OL6213469W