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Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction : The Anxieties of Post-Nationalism and Counter Terrorism / by Scott McClintock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McClintock, Scott, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Culture--Study and teaching.
- Culture.
- America--Literatures.
- America.
- Topology.
- Terrorism.
- Political violence.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- North American Literature.
- Terrorism and Political Violence.
- Local Subjects:
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Cultural Theory.
- North American Literature.
- Topology.
- Terrorism and Political Violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The central concern of the book is the impact of global terror networks and state counterterrorism on twentieth-century fiction. A unique contribution of this book is the comparative approach, as opposed to the single author focus of most of the edited collections on terrorism in literature.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: The Geography of Anger and the Diaspora of Terrorism; 2 Guantánamo Confidential: Inscription of the Subject in Literature and Law, and Detainees as Legal Non- Persons at Camp X- Ray; 3 Travels Outside the Empire: The Revision of Subaltern Historiography in Amitav Ghosha; 4 Images for a Godless World: Violence After the Sacred in the Millennial Indian Novel; 5 The Sublime Object of Terror in Thomas Pynchon
- 6 Looking Backward at Joseph McElroy's Lookout Cartridge: Mining Neural Neighborhoods and Social Networks in Postmodern Fiction7 Conclusion: Four Covering Principles for the Time of Terrorism; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137478917
- 1137478918
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