Father-daughter incest in twentieth-century American literature : the complex trauma of the wound and the voiceless /

This interdisciplinary study rereads father-daughter incest narratives of the last hundred years to argue for the importance of literature in representing not just circumscribed, singular traumatic events, as Cathy Caruth argued in the late nineties, but for giving voice to chronic and cumulative, o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grogan, Christine (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison, N.J. : Lanham, Maryland : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, [2016]
Temas:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Incest in literature.
Fathers and daughters in literature.
Mothers in literature.
Parricide in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Post-traumatic stress disorder in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Inceste dans la littérature.
Pères et filles dans la littérature.
Mères dans la littérature.
Parricide dans la littérature.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
État de stress post-traumatique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Psychic trauma in literature
Post-traumatic stress disorder in literature
Parricide in literature
Mothers in literature
Fathers and daughters in literature
American literature
Incest in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: "Flinching at the Word Father"; Chapter Two: "Naw You Ain't No Man"; Chapter Three: Morrison Responds to the Psychological Community in The Bluest Eye; Chapter Four: "White Trash" Trauma in Allison's Bastard Out of Carolina; Chapter Five: The Failure of Bearing Witness; Chapter Six: Convicting the Victim; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.

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