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Unspeakable literature and terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 / Peter C. Herman.
| Author/creator | Herman, Peter C., 1958- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2019. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Literature and terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 |
| Contents | Introduction: speakable/unspeakable: the rhetoric of terrorism -- "A deed without a name": Macbeth, the Gunpowder Plot, and terrorism -- Terrorism in the nineteenth century: from the french revolution to the Stevensons, Greer, James, Conrad, and the Rossetti sisters -- When terrorism becomes speakable: Pontecorvo's the battle of algiers and the literature of the troubles -- Israel/Palestine: unspeakability in John le Carr©♭, The little drummer girl, Steven Spielberg, Munich; Yasmina Khadra, The attack -- "Why do they hate us?": Updike, Hamid, and Delillo -- Epilogue: where do we go from here?; Nadeem Aslam, The blind man's garden and Amy Waldman, The submission. |
| Abstract | "Unspeakable: Fiction and the Representation of Terrorism explores the representation of terrorism in plays, novels and films across the centuries. Time and time again, writers and filmmakers including William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Gillo Pontecorvo, Don DeLillo, John Updike, and Steven Spielberg refer to terrorist acts as beyond comprehension, "a deed without a name," but they do not stop there. Instead of creating works that respond to terrorism by providing comforting narratives reassuring audiences and readers of their moral superiority and the perfidy of the terrorists, these writers and filmmakers confront the unspeakable by attempting to see the world from the terrorist's perspective and examining the roots of terrorist violence." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Herman, Peter C., 1958- author. Unspeakable New York : Routledge, 2019 9780367248970 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019015434 |
| ISBN | 9780429285004 (EbookMain) |
| ISBN | 9781000001693 (PDF) |
| ISBN | 9781000015041 ( Mobi) |
| ISBN | 9781000008524 (EPub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |