Tragic Novels, René Girard and the American Dream: Sacrifice in Suburbia

by Carly Osborn and Chris Fleming

This book draws on the philosopher Ren Girard to argue that three twentieth-century American novels (Jeffrey Eugenides's The Virgin Suicides, Rick Moody's The Ice Storm, and Richard Yates's Revolutionary Road) are tragedies.

Until now, Girardian literary analysis has generally focused on representations of human desire in texts, and neglected both other emotions and the place of tragedy. Carly Osborn addresses these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350294535
• ISBN13: 9781350294530
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"