9/11 and the literature of terror
By: Martin Randall
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780748638529
Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature; Literature; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; In literature; History and criticism; Influence
Description: Explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular 'event' that has had enormous global implications.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-167) and index.