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Death Themes

Death Themes is a scholarly construct within the study of Child Ballads that identifies and analyzes the recurring narrative and symbolic representations of mortality, distinguishing itself from other thematic constructs by its focused examination of death as a central, structuring element in the ballad tradition.

189

Publications

8.6K

Citations

245

Authors

90

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

11

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Publications

189

Love and Death in the American Novel.

Alexander Cowie, Leslie A. Fiedler · American Literature · 1961 · 811 citations

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The death of Luigi Trastulli, and other stories: form and meaning in oral history

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 635 citations

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Death, Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Britain.

J. B. Loudon, Geoffrey Gorer · Man · 1966 · 398 citations

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Self-regulatory processes defend against the threat of death: Effects of self-control depletion and trait self-control on thoughts and fears of dying.

Matthew T. Gailliot, Brandon J. Schmeichel, Roy F. Baumeister · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2006 · 363 citations

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Love and Death in the American Novel.

Louis Fraiberg, Leslie A. Fiedler · American Quarterly · 1961 · 342 citations

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Authors

245

  1. MN
    Michael Neill

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    3 publications · 89 citations

    3

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  2. CΜ
    Carlos Μ. N. Eire

    Yale University, United States

    3 publications · 225 citations

    3

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  3. TW
    Tony Walter

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 324 citations

    3

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  4. CS
    Charles Segal

    John Brown University, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

    2

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  5. RN
    Robert N. Watson

    2 publications · 64 citations

    2

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Institutions

90

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    129 citations

  2. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    753 citations

  3. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    57 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  5. College of New Jersey

    Ewing, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    285 citations

  6. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    363 citations

  7. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  8. Sci-Tech Daresbury

    Daresbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    10 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 28 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying

    7 publications · 228 citations

    7

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  3. The Modern Language Review

    6 publications · 112 citations

    6

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  4. The American Historical Review

    AHR · 5 publications · 288 citations

    5

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  5. Mortality

    4 publications · 94 citations

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