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Author:

Crosthwaite, Paul, 1980-

Title:

Trauma, postmodernism, and the aftermath of World War II / Paul Crosthwaite.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

vii, 222 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
War in literature
Psychic trauma in literature
World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects
War and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century.
War and literature--United States--History--20th century.
Postmodernism (Literature)--Great Britain.
Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-217) and index.

Contents:

War, trauma, postmodernism -- Gravity's rainbow and traumatic models of history -- "A secret code of pain and memory": traumatic repetition in the fiction of J.G. Ballard -- Total war and the English stream-of-consciousness novel: from Mrs Dalloway to Mother London -- Their fathers' war: negotiating the legacy of World War II in Prisoner's dilemma and Atonement.

ISBN:

0230202950
9780230202955

OCLC:

(OCoLC)264669260

LCCN:

2008045134

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)