'Waking is rising and dreaming is sinking' : the struggle for identity in coma literature

This thesis explores the representation of coma within contemporary fiction and non-fiction, including Irvine Welsh’s Marabou Stork Nightmares, Alex Garland’s The Coma, Stephen King’s The Dead Zone, Iain Banks’s The Bridge, Tom McCarthy’s Remainder and Jeff Malmberg’s documentary-film Marwencol. Ini...

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Main Author: Colbeck, Matthew
Other Authors: Stone, Brendan ; Piette, Adam
Published: University of Sheffield 2014
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.647022