| Description |
174 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-167) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: eyewitnesses, conspiracies and baudrillard -- "Beyond belief": McEwan, DeLillo and 110 stories -- "Total malignancy... militant irony": Martin Amis, The second plane -- "You know how it ends": metafiction and 9/11 in Windows on the world -- "A wing and a prayer": Simon Armitage, Out of the blue -- "A certain blurring of the facts": Man on wire and 9/11 -- "He is consoling, she is distraught": men and women and 9/11 in The mercy seat and The guys -- "Everything seemed to mean something": signifying 9/11 in Don DeLillo's Falling man -- Conclusion: "I am a lover of America." |
| Summary |
Explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular 'event' that has had enormous global implications. |
| Subject |
Literature, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism.
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Literature, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature. |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) |
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American literature. |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
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Literature. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Chronological Term |
2000 - 2099 |
| Indexed Term |
American literature 21st century History and criticism |
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New York (N.Y.) In literature |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 Influence |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| ISBN |
9780748638529 hardback |
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0748638520 hardback |
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9780748691197 paperback |
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0748691197 paperback |
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