After the fall : American literature since 9/11 / Richard Gray.

By:

Gray, Richard J

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Blackwell manifestosPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2011.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: x, 224 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780470657928 (hardback)
0470657928 (hardback)

Other title:

American literature since 9/11

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

809/.93358 23

LOC classification:

PS231.S47 G73 2011

Contents:

After the fall -- Imagining disaster -- Imagining crisis -- Imagining the transnational -- Imagining the crisis in drama and poetry.

Summary: The leading European scholar on American literature examines the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on United States culture and literature. In addition to developing an argument about literature and trauma, Gray places U.S. writing in the context of America's transformed position in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	LRC	Non-fiction	809.93358 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	B0044233

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.

After the fall -- Imagining disaster -- Imagining crisis -- Imagining the transnational -- Imagining the crisis in drama and poetry.

The leading European scholar on American literature examines the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on United States culture and literature. In addition to developing an argument about literature and trauma, Gray places U.S. writing in the context of America's transformed position in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism.

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