Trauma Fiction
Anne Whitehead
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Description for Trauma Fiction
Hardback. The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438.
The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. Trauma Fiction focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides innovative readings of texts by Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W. G. Sebald and Binjamin Wilkomirski. It also considers the ways in which trauma has affected fictional form, exploring how novelists have responded to the challenge of writing traumatic narratives, and identifying the key stylistic features associated with the genre. ... Read more
The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. Trauma Fiction focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides innovative readings of texts by Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W. G. Sebald and Binjamin Wilkomirski. It also considers the ways in which trauma has affected fictional form, exploring how novelists have responded to the challenge of writing traumatic narratives, and identifying the key stylistic features associated with the genre. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
438g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748618576
SKU
V9780748618576
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Ref
99-15
About Anne Whitehead
Anne Whitehead is Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Theory at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. She is the author of Trauma Fiction and co-editor, with Michael Rossington, of Theories of Memory and of Between the Psyche and the Polis: Refiguring History in Literature and Theory and, with Jonathan Long, of W. G. Sebald.
Reviews for Trauma Fiction
Displays intelligence, deep understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding trauma as a literary subject and originality. The book marks an important step forward in the development of trauma studies.
Cathy Caruth, Winship Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English Displays intelligence, deep understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding trauma as a literary subject and originality. The book marks an ... Read more
Cathy Caruth, Winship Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English Displays intelligence, deep understanding of the conceptual issues surrounding trauma as a literary subject and originality. The book marks an ... Read more