Contemporary American Trauma Narratives
by
Alan Gibbs
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0748641149
ISBN-13
9780748641147
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 2014
Print length
280 Pages
Weight
474 grams
Dimensions
22.40 x 13.70 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalLiterary studies: from c 1900 -
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This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration.
This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as ''metafiction'', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. Contemporary American authors who are discussed in depth include Carol Shields, Toni Morrison, Tim O''Brien, Mark Danielewski, Art Spiegelman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Anthony Swofford, Evan Wright, Paul Auster, Philip Roth, and Michael Chabon. Contemporary American Trauma Narratives offers a timely and dissenting intervention into debates about American writers'' depiction of trauma and its after-effects.
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