This book explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Griffin Hansbury, & Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and gothic combine to interpret ghosts, Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief, guilt, mental instability, & suicidal urges.
This book explores ghostly presences in terrorism novels from New Yorkers Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Lynne Sharon Schwartz, Griffin Hansbury, & Patrick McGrath. Arguing how theories on trauma and gothic combine to interpret ghosts, Olson discusses what supernatural meetings express about grief, guilt, mental instability, & suicidal urges.
Danel Olson is a professor of Gothic fiction and survivor memoirs at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. He is the creator of Exotic Gothic, a World Fantasy Finalist anthology series premiering stories from emerging and established writers in over thirty nations from Australia to Zimbabwe. First published by Canada's Ash-Tree Press and now continued by England's P.S. Publishing, Exotic Gothic 5 in 2013 debuted new stories from Joyce Carol Oates and many others. He has taught in Israel, Canada, China, and America on film and literature. Three-time finalist for the Bram Stoker Award and winner of a Shirley Jackson Award and two World Fantasy Awards, his published work has been called "a major contribution to film history and scholarship" by the Washington Post. His most recent volume is Lexington Books' 9/11/ Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Fiction, which was nominated for the 2021 Bram Stoker Award in Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction. Dr. Danel Olson's other edited works in print include 21st Century Gothic: Great Gothic Fiction Since 2000, The Exorcist: Studies in the Horror Film, Stanley Kubrick's 'The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film, Guillermo del Toro's The Devil's Backbone: Studies in the Horror Film and Pan's Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film, the latter two being nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Connecting Trauma Theory, 9/11 Novels, Gothic Traditions, and the Unidentified Bones of the World Trade Center Chapter 1: Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007): Deserting and Impersonating the Dead Chapter 2: Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005): Searching and Disinterring the Dead Chapter 3: Lynne Sharon Schwartz's The Writing on the Wall (2005): Avenging and Resurrecting the Dead Chapter 4: Griffin Hansbury's The Nostalgist (2012): Conjuring and Romancing the Dead Chapter 5: Patrick McGrath's Ground Zero (2005): Abandoning and Angering the Dead Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1: Further Reading Appendix 2: Interview at the Opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum with Director Alice M. Greenwald, 16 June 2014
Introduction: Connecting Trauma Theory, 9/11 Novels, Gothic Traditions, and the Unidentified Bones of the World Trade Center Chapter 1: Don DeLillo's Falling Man (2007): Deserting and Impersonating the Dead Chapter 2: Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005): Searching and Disinterring the Dead Chapter 3: Lynne Sharon Schwartz's The Writing on the Wall (2005): Avenging and Resurrecting the Dead Chapter 4: Griffin Hansbury's The Nostalgist (2012): Conjuring and Romancing the Dead Chapter 5: Patrick McGrath's Ground Zero (2005): Abandoning and Angering the Dead Conclusion Bibliography Appendix 1: Further Reading Appendix 2: Interview at the Opening of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum with Director Alice M. Greenwald, 16 June 2014
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