After the fall : American literature since 9/11 /

• Main Author: Gray, Richard, 1944-
• Corporate Author: Wiley InterScience (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, [2011]
• Series: Blackwell manifestos.
• Subjects: September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001); 2000-2099; American literature > 21st century > History and criticism.; Nationalism in literature.; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 > Influence.; LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.; American literature.; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Electronic books.; Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 224 pages .).
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index.
• ISBN: 9781444395860; 1444395866; 144439584X; 9781444395846; 1283408333; 9781283408332; 9780470657928; 0470657928
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444395860

After the Fall presents a timely and provocative examination of the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on American culture and literature. Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis Develops a timely and provocative argument about literature and trauma Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere Places U.S. writing in the context of the transformed position of the U.S. in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transn.