The 9/11 Novel: Trauma, Politics and Identity

By Arin Keeble

This is a comprehensive study of the first decade of literary representations of 9/11, moving from Art Spiegelman's In the Shadow of No Towers (2003) to Amy Waldman's The Submission (2012). It traces the way literature has dealt with an event that continues to shape world conflict and resonate prominently in the American imagination, and argues that the corpus of literary fiction discussing 9/11 is characterized by a fundamental sense of conflictedness related to the tensions between trauma or mourning and political imperatives. The work offers in-depth analyses of texts that have historicized 9/11 and shaped the way we understand this key moment in American and world history.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786478349
• ISBN13: 9780786478347
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher