Contemporary American trauma narratives /

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Winner of the 2015 Irish Association for American Studies Peggy O'Brien Book Prize. Examines the representation of trauma in contemporary American fiction and non-fiction. This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gibbs, Alan, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Temas:
2000-2099
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Psychology in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Psychologie dans la littérature.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
Literary theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
American fiction
Psychic trauma in literature
Psychology in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Twentieth-Century Trauma Narratives: Some Paradigmatic Texts; 2. Traumatic Metafiction and Ontological Crisis; 3. 9/11, Collective Trauma, and Postmodernist Responses; 4. Gulf War Memoirs and Perpetrator Trauma; 5. It Could Happen Here: Trauma and Contemporary American Counterfactuals; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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