9/11 Gothic - Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York Citys Terrorism Novels

This book explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Griffin Hansbury, & Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and gothic combine to interpret ghosts, Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief, guilt, mental instability, & suicidal urges.

List of contents

Introduction: Connecting Trauma Theory, 9/11 Novels, Gothic Traditions, and the Unidentified Bones of the World Trade CenterChapter 1: Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007): Deserting and Impersonating the Dead Chapter 2: Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005): Searching and Disinterring the DeadChapter 3: Lynne Sharon Schwartz's The Writing on the Wall (2005): Avenging and Resurrecting the DeadChapter 4: Griffin Hansbury's The Nostalgist (2012): Conjuring and Romancing the DeadChapter 5: Patrick McGrath's Ground Zero (2005): Abandoning and Angering the DeadConclusion
Bibliography
Appendix 1: Further Reading
Appendix 2: Interview at the Opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum with Director Alice M. Greenwald, 16 June 2014

About the author

Danel Olson is professor at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas.

Product details

• Authors: Danel Olson, Olson Danel
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781793638342
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-834-2
• No. of pages: 230
• Series: Reading Trauma and Memory
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; New York, New York City, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: from c 2000, 21st century;9/11;New York City;September 11th;terrorism