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9/11 gothic : decrypting ghosts and trauma in New York city's terrorism novels / Danel Olson.
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Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olson, Danel, author.
- Series:
- Reading trauma and memory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.
- September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature.
- American fiction--New York (State)--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- American fiction--21st century--History and criticism.
- Ghosts in literature.
- Intellectual life.
- New York (N.Y.)--Intellectual life--21st century.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (State).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- Nine eleven gothic
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Connecting Trauma Theory, 9/11 Novels, Gothic Traditions, and the Unidentified Bones of the World Trade Center
- A Gothic Intervention in Approaches to 9/11 Fiction
- Critical Currents
- Notes
- Chapter 1: Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007): Deserting and Impersonating the Dead
- Critical Reception
- Freud, the Uncanny, and Disaster Ghosts
- The Erotics of 9/11
- The Viral Transmission of Trauma
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Chapter 2: Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005): Searching and Disinterring the Dead
- Establishing Gothic Tendencies inside the Quest
- The Shakespearean Gothic Connection
- Behind Every Trauma Stands Another
- Memory Debates
- Chapter 3: Lynne Sharon Schwartz's The Writing on the Wall (2005): Avenging and Resurrecting the Dead
- Gothic Scripts
- A Clamor of Ghosts
- The Twins' Toys and Gothicized Play Therapy
- Art, Lovers, and Gothic Contamination
- On the Terrors of the Future
- Doppelgängers and Perpetrators
- Pursuing Revenge
- Chapter 4: Griffin Hansbury's The Nostalgist (2012): Conjuring and Romancing the Dead
- The Necessary Ghost
- Castration Anxiety
- Note
- Chapter 5: Patrick McGrath's Ground Zero (2005): Abandoning and Angering the Dead
- Ghost Sightings
- Whores and Psychiatrists
- Appendix 1: Further Reading
- Appendix 2: Interview at the Opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City, with Its Executive Vice President and Director Alice M. Greenwald (June 16, 2014)
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Olson, Danel. 9/11 gothic
- ISBN:
- 9781793638335
- 1793638330
- Publisher Number:
- 40030749222
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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