Topologies of Fear in Contemporary Fiction

The Anxieties of Post-Nationalism and Counter Terrorism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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The central concern of the book is the impact of global terror networks and state counterterrorism on twentieth-century fiction. A unique contribution of this book is the comparative approach, as opposed to the single author focus of most of the edited collections on terrorism in literature.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-07-30
Mått140 x 216 x 14 mm
Vikt415 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor223
Upplaga2015
FörlagPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9781137478900

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Scott McClintock is an Associate Professor of Arts and Humanities at National University in California, USA. His previous publications include chapters in books such as Hemingway, Cuba and the Cuban Works (Kent State UP, 2014), Pynchon's California (co-editor, University of Iowa Press, 2014) and articles in journals including Comparative Literature Studies, South Asian Review and Clio: A Journal of Philosophy and History.

1. Introduction: The Geography of Anger and the Diaspora of Terrorism 2. Guantánamo Confidential: Inscription of the Subject In Literature and Law, and Detainees as Legal Non-Persons at Camp X-Ray 3. Travels Outside the Empire: The Revision of Subaltern Historiography in Amitav Ghosh4. Images for a Godless World: Violence After the Sacred in the Millennial Indian Novel5. The Sublime Object of Terror in Thomas Pynchon 6. Looking Backward at Joseph McElroy ' 's Lookout Cartridge: Mining Neural Neighborhoods and Social Networks in Postmodern Fiction Conclusion: Four Covering Principles for the Time of Terrorism Works Cited Index