9/11 and the literature of terror /

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Explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular 'event' that has had enormo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Randall, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
2000-2099
Literature, Modern > 21st century > History and criticism.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.
Littérature > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis, dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Literature, Modern.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature.
Literatur
Elfter September
Elfter September > Motiv
Literatur.
Amerikanisches Englisch.
Motiv.
Elfter September.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in film.
11 september-attackerna 2001 i litteraturen.
11 september > attackerna 2001 > influenser.
Amerikansk litteratur > historia.
New York (N.Y.) > In literature.
New York (State) > New York.
New York > In literature.
Förenta staterna > New York.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: eyewitnesses, conspiracies and baudrillard
  • "Beyond belief": McEwan, DeLillo and 110 stories
  • "Total malignancy ... militant irony": Martin Amis, The second plane
  • "You know how it ends": metafiction and 9/11 in Windows on the world
  • "A wing and a prayer": Simon Armitage, Out of the blue
  • "A certain blurring of the facts": Man on wire and 9/11
  • "He is consoling, she is distraught": men and women and 9/11 in The mercy seat and The guys
  • "Everything seemed to mean something": signifying 9/11 in Don DeLillo's Falling man
  • Conclusion: "I am a lover of America."

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