This is a comprehensive study of the first decade of literary
representations of 9/11, moving from Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow
of No Towers (2003) to Amy Waldman's The Submission (2012). It
traces the way literature has dealt with an event that continues to
resonate prominently in the American imagination and beyond, and
argues that the corpus of literary fiction discussing 9/11 is
characterised by a fundamental sense of conflictedness, a series of
stark dichotomies and the tension between trauma and mourning and
political imperatives or the rhetoric of epoch and nostalgia.
Additionally, this book assesses an equally divided body of
criticism on the 9/11 novel and locates Hurricane Katrina as a
turning point in the politicisation of 9/11. The work offers
in-depth analyses of texts that have historicised 9/11 and shaped
the way we understand this key moment in American and world
history.
General
| Imprint: |
McFarland & Company
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2014 |
| First published: |
July 2014 |
| Authors: |
Arin Keeble
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-7864-7834-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-7864-7834-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780786478347 |
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