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UNINA9910786753603321 |
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Autore |
Gibbs Alan <1968-> |
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Titolo |
Contemporary American trauma narratives / / Alan Gibbs |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-9409-9 |
0-7486-9407-2 |
1-4744-0079-5 |
0-7486-9408-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (281 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American fiction - 21st century - History and criticism |
Psychology in literature |
Psychic trauma in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title page; Imprint; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Twentieth-Century Trauma Narratives: Some Paradigmatic Texts; 2 Traumatic Metafiction and Ontological Crisis; 3 9/11, Collective Trauma, and Postmodernist Responses; 4 Gulf War Memoirs and Perpetrator Trauma; 5 It Could Happen Here: Trauma and Contemporary American Counterfactuals; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. </P |
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