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9/11 gothic : decrypting ghosts and trauma in New York city's terrorism novels / Danel Olson.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Olson, Danel, author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central.
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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