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. Contemporary American authors who are discussed in depth include Carol Shields, Toni Morrison, Tim O'Brien, Mark Danielewski, Art Spiegelman, Jonathan Safran Foer, Anthony Swofford, Evan Wright, Paul Auster, Philip Roth, and Michael Chabon. Contemporary American Trauma Narratives offers a timely and dissenting intervention into debates about American writers' depiction of trauma and its after-effects.
About the AuthorAlan Gibbs is Lecturer in English (American) Literature at University College Cork.
Book InformationISBN 9780748694075
Author Alan GibbsFormat Paperback
Page Count 280
Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press
Weight(grams) 361g