Peter C. Herman

Unspeakable

Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the representation of terrorism in plays, novels and films across the centuries, arguing that writers and filmmakers including William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, and Steven Spielberg confront the unspeakable by attempting to examining the roots of terrorist violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780367248970
• ISBN-10: 0367248972
• Artikelnr.: 58052860

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Speakable/Unspeakable: The Rhetoric of Terrorism 1. "A Deed without a Name": Macbeth
the Gunpowder Plot
and Terrorism 2. Terrorism and the Nineteenth Century: From the French Revolution to the Stevensons
Greer
James
Conrad
and the Rosetti Sisters 3. When Terrorism Becomes Speakable: Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers and the Literature of the Troubles 4. Israel/Palestine: Unspeakability in John le Carré
The Little Drummer Girl
Steven Spielberg
Munich
and Mohammed Moulessehoul [Yasmina Khadra]
The Attack 5. "Why do they hate us?": Updike
Hamid
DeLillo 6. Epilogue: Where Do We Go From Here? Nadeem Aslam
Amy Waldman
and Jodi Picoult