Danel Olson

9/11 Gothic

Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Novels

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Griffin Hansbury, & Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and gothic combine to interpret ghosts, Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief, guilt, mental instability, & suicidal urges.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Reading Trauma and Memory
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781793638342
• ISBN-10: 1793638349
• Artikelnr.: 68536774

Autorenporträt

Danel Olson is professor at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Connecting Trauma Theory, 9/11 Novels, Gothic Traditions, and
the Unidentified Bones of the World Trade CenterChapter 1: Don DeLillo's
Falling Man (2007): Deserting and Impersonating the Dead Chapter 2:
Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005):
Searching and Disinterring the DeadChapter 3: Lynne Sharon Schwartz's The
Writing on the Wall (2005): Avenging and Resurrecting the DeadChapter 4:
Griffin Hansbury's The Nostalgist (2012): Conjuring and Romancing the
DeadChapter 5: Patrick McGrath's Ground Zero (2005): Abandoning and
Angering the Dead
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Further Reading
Appendix 2: Interview at the Opening of the National September 11 Memorial
& Museum with Director Alice M. Greenwald, 16 June 2014