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Trauma and Survival in Contemporary Fiction
Laurie Vickroy
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Description for Trauma and Survival in Contemporary Fiction
Paperback. Trauma is a compelling and evocative topic in the contemporary world and as reflected in its literature. In unravelling trauma's effects, the texts studied in this volume reveal the intricacies of power and the relationship between society's demands and the individual's psychological well-being. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
In an exploration of how contemporary fiction narratives represnet trauma - that response to events so overwhelmingly intense that normal responses become impaired - Laurie Vickroy engages a wealth of the 20th century's most striking literature. Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"" and ""Jazz"", Marguerite Duras's ""The Lover"", Dorothy allison's ""Bastard out of Carolina"", Jamaica Kincaid's ""The Autobiography of My Mother"" and Larry Heinemann's ""Paco's Story"", among others, are the source of Vickroy's study investigating the complex relationships portrayed in trauma fiction and how those portrayals direct this difficult material to readers. Vickroy argues that contemporary trauma narrative's are indeed personalized responses to ... Read more
In an exploration of how contemporary fiction narratives represnet trauma - that response to events so overwhelmingly intense that normal responses become impaired - Laurie Vickroy engages a wealth of the 20th century's most striking literature. Toni Morrison's ""Beloved"" and ""Jazz"", Marguerite Duras's ""The Lover"", Dorothy allison's ""Bastard out of Carolina"", Jamaica Kincaid's ""The Autobiography of My Mother"" and Larry Heinemann's ""Paco's Story"", among others, are the source of Vickroy's study investigating the complex relationships portrayed in trauma fiction and how those portrayals direct this difficult material to readers. Vickroy argues that contemporary trauma narrative's are indeed personalized responses to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921280
SKU
V9780813921280
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About Laurie Vickroy
Laurie Vickroy is Associate Professor of English at Bradley University.
Reviews for Trauma and Survival in Contemporary Fiction
Vickroy's work offers a substantial contribution to the field of trauma studies, a burgeoning area of discourse that has captured the literary imagination of academic scholars in the past decade. - Suzette Henke, author of Shattered Subjects: Trauma and Testimony in Women's Life-Writing