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Trauma Fiction

by Anne Whitehead

Fiction, history and criticism, 20th centuryFictionHistory and criticismPsychic trauma in literatureTraumatisme psychique dans la littératureLITERARY CRITICISMGeneralRomans

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.

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Book data: Open Library