Out of the blue : September 11 and the novel /

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Writers have represented 9/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In Out of the Blue, Kristiaan Versluys focuses on novels that move beyond patriotic clichés and cheap sensationalism and provide new insights into the emotional and ethical impact of these traumatic events & mdash;...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Versluys, Kristiaan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
2000-2099
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Roman américain > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis, dans la littérature.
Traumatisme psychique dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
American fiction.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • American melancholia : Don DeLillo's Falling man
  • Art Spiegelman's In the shadow of no towers : the politics of trauma
  • A rose is not a rose is not a rose : history and language in Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely loud and incredibly close
  • Exorcising the ghost : irony and spectralization in Frederic Beigbeder's Windows on the world
  • September 11 and the other.

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