Terrorism and Modern Literature: From Joseph Conrad to Ciaran Carson

By Alex Houen

Book Overview

Looking at 100 years of terrorism in print--from Conrad on Anarchism in the 1880s to Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson on the "Troubles" in the 1980s--Terrorism and Modern Literature offers a fresh perspective on terrorism's cultural aftermath. In this first extensive study of the phenomenon, Alex Houen explores the historical and political dimensions of writing terrorism in the modern world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198187718
• ISBN13: 9780198187714
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"