Worlds of Hurt: Reading the Literatures of Trauma (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
"...demonstrates methodological strength in informative and enlightening close textual analyses. [Tal's] analysis of the collective trauma women suffer is excellent..."   Choice"This audacious and brilliant book is designed to make us feel, among other things, very uncomfortable...a strikingly original and valuable contribution."   H. Bruce Franklin, Rutgers University"[Tal's] careful comparison and discussion are an important contribution to our understanding of the social construction of profound traumatic experiences and how they are made tolerable by the surviviors and the wider society."  Canadaian Review of Comparative Literature