9/11 and the Literature of Terror

Martin Randall

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2011

9/11 and the Literature of Terror

Martin Randall

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748646975

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About this book

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. Other chapters analyse initial responses to 9/11, the intriguing tensions between fiction and non-fiction, the challenge of describing traumatic history and the ways in which the terrorist attacks have been discussed culturally in the decade since September 11.

Key Features

Contributes to the growing literature on 9/11, presenting an over-view of some of the main texts that have represented the attacks and their aftermath
Focus on Don DeLillo: adds to the literature surrounding this major American novelist
Focus on Martin Amis: adds to the growing critical work on this much discussed British novelist and essayist
Man on Wire: provides a critical analysis of this Oscar winning film regarding its oblique references to 9/11

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Introduction: Eyewitnesses, Conspiracies and Baudrillard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. ‘Beyond Belief’: McEwan, DeLillo and 110 Stories Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. ‘Total Malignancy . . . Militant Irony’: Martin Amis, The Second Plane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
3. ‘You Know How it Ends’: Metafiction and 9/11 in Windows on the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. ‘A Wing and a Prayer’: Simon Armitage, Out of the Blue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5. ‘A Certain Blurring of the Facts’: Man on Wire and 9/11 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
6. ‘He is Consoling, She is Distraught’: Men and Women and 9/11 in The Mercy Seat and The Guys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7. ‘Everything Seemed to Mean Something’: Signifying 9/11 in Don DeLillo’s Falling Man Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
Conclusion: ‘I am a Lover of America’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 174
Keywords: American Studies

eBook

Published: June 28, 2011
ISBN: 9780748646975