Trauma, postmodernism, and the aftermath of World War II / Paul Crosthwaite.

Author/creator Crosthwaite, Paul, 1980-
Format Book
Publication InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionvii, 222 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
English fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century. --History and criticism.
War in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
War and literature--Great Britain. --History. --20th century.
War and literature--United States. --History. --20th century.
Postmodernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Contents War, trauma, postmodernism -- Gravity's rainbow and traumatic models of history -- "A secret code of pain and memory": traumatic repetition in the fiction of J.G. Ballard -- Total war and the English stream-of-consciousness novel: from Mrs Dalloway to Mother London -- Their fathers' war: negotiating the legacy of World War II in Prisoner's dilemma and Atonement.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 182-217) and index.
LCCN 2008045134
ISBN9780230202955
ISBN0230202950

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR 888.W66 C76 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold