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9/11 and the literature of terror

by Martin Randall

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literatureLiteratureSeptember 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001In literatureHistory and criticismInfluenceAmerican literature, history and criticism, 21st centuryNew york (n.y.), in literature

Explores the fiction, poetry, theatre and cinema that have represented the 9/11 attacks. Works by Martin Amis, Ian McEwan, Don DeLillo, Simon Armitage and Mohsin Hamid are discussed in relation to the specific problems of writing about such a visually spectacular 'event' that has had enormous global implications.

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