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xv, 198 pages ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index. |
| Contents |
Re-creating the split self in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin and Alias Grace -- Fear and commodification in the shaping of America in Toni Morrison's Paradise and A Mercy -- Obsessions and possessions in William Faulkner's Absalom Absalom! -- The traumas of love and death in Jeanette Winterson's Written on the Body -- Trauma, gender, and commodification in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club and Invisible Monsters. |
| Summary |
"As part of the contemporary reassessment of trauma that goes beyond Freudian psychoanalysis, Laurie Vickroy theorizes trauma in the context of psychological, literary, and cultural criticism. Focusing on novels by Margaret Atwood, William Faulkner, Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, and Chuck Palahniuk, she shows how these writers try to enlarge our understanding of the relationship between individual traumas and the social forces of injustice, oppression, and objectification. Further, she argues, their work provides striking examples of how the devastating effects of trauma--whether sexual, socioeconomic, or racial--on individual personality can be depicted in narrative."--Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Psychic trauma in literature.
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Narration (Rhetoric)
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Psychology in literature.
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Modernism (Literature)
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English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Canadian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American fiction. (OCoLC)fst00807048
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Canadian fiction. (OCoLC)fst00845101
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English fiction. (OCoLC)fst00910817
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Modernism (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01024455
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Narration (Rhetoric) (OCoLC)fst01032927
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Psychic trauma in literature. (OCoLC)fst01081229
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Psychology in literature. (OCoLC)fst01081559
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| ISBN |
9780813937373 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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081393737X (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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9780813937380 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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0813937388 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780813937397 (e-book) |
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