TY  - BOOK
AU  - Castor,Laura Virginia
TI  - Facing Trauma in Contemporary American Literary Discourse: Stories of Survival and Possibility
SN  - 9781527541221
AV  - PS229 .F335 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PB  - Cambridge Scholars Publisher
KW  - American literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - 21st century
KW  - American fiction
KW  - Themes, motives
KW  - Trauma in literature
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - Trauma has always been part of the American collective experience, but only since September 11, 2001 has it been acknowledged on a widespread scale. Most people will experience some form of trauma during their lifetime, but in contemporary American culture, it is often understood as a problem to be blamed on someone, fought, or repressed entirely. Despite burgeoning trauma studies, popular responses to trauma - from the media to politics - produce ever more aggression and fear. This book responds to this growing awareness through literary analyses of texts by Louise Erdrich, Siri Hustvedt, Mel
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