Title:
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AFTER THE FALL
AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 9/11 |
By: |
Richard Gray |
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Other digital |
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£30.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
1444395866 |
ISBN 13: |
9781444395860 |
Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
Pub. date: |
27 May, 2011 |
Series: |
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos |
Pages: |
240 |
Description: |
* Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis * Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma * Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere * Places U.S. |
Synopsis: |
After the Fall presents a timely and provocative examination of the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on American culture and literature. * Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis * Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma * Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere * Places U.S. writing in the context of the transformed position of the U.S. in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |