Vietnam and Beyond [electronic resource] : Tim O'Brien and the Power of Storytelling
Ciocia, Stefania.
Liverpool : Liverpool University Press,
2012.
This is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O'Brien's development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O'Brien's work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O'Brien's recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer's revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the associa
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Cover; Half-title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Vietnam and Beyond; 2 The Courage of Authenticity; 3 Remapping the National Landscape; 4 Trauma, Gender and the Poetics of Uncertainty; 5 The Power of Storytelling; Bibliography; Notes; Index
This is a comprehensive, in-depth study of one of the most thought-provoking writers of the Vietnam war generation. This volume breaks away from previous readings of O'Brien's development as a trauma artist and an outspoken chronicler of the American involvement in Vietnam: its thematic, rather than chronological, approach contextualizes O'Brien's work beyond the confines of war literature. The necessary exploration of O'Brien's recurrent engagement with the conflict in Vietnam leads to a thorough discussion of the writer's revision of key American (and western) ideas and concerns: the associa
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
English
Languages & Literatures
American Literature