The New Death: American Modernism and World War I

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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 “Clean” Wounds and Modern Women: World War I in One of Ours 29 2 The Story Nick Can’t Tell: Trauma in The Great Gatsby 63 3 Regendering War Trauma and Relocating the Abject: Catherine Barkley’s Death 119 4 The Missing of Sartoris 160 Conclusion: New Death, Blood Simple 199 Notes 207 Bibliography 235 Index 251 ...