Free Download After the Fall: American Literature Since 9/11 By Richard Gray(auth.)
2011 | 229 Pages | ISBN: 0470657928 | PDF | 1 MB
After the Fall presents a timely and provocative examination of the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on American culture and literature. Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere Places U.S. writing in the context of the transformed position of the U.S. in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism Content: Chapter 1 After the Fall (pages 1-19): Chapter 2 Imagining Disaster (pages 21-50): Chapter 3 Imagining Crisis (pages 51-83): Chapter 4 Imagining the Transnational (pages 85-143): Chapter 5 Imagining the Crisis in Drama and Poetry (pages 145-192):
