Publication

2004-08-31 - Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Word Count

48,000 words, Guess

Page Count

192 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN3503

Description

This text focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides readings of texts by Pat Barker Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W.G. Sebald and Benjamin Wilkomirski.

First Sentence

The term 'trauma fiction' represents a paradox or contradiction: if trauma comprises an event or experience which overwhelms the individual and resists language or representation, how then can it be narrativised in fiction?

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Trauma FictionHardcoverEdinburgh University Press2004-08-31

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