Overview
- Series
- Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 95
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 95. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996
- Locale
- United States
- Contents
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Worlds of hurt : reading the literature of trauma
A form of witness : the Holocaust and North American memory
Between the lines : reading the Vietnam War
The farmer of dreams : the writings of W.D. Ehrhart
There was no plot, and I discovered it by mistake : trauma, community, and the revisionary process
We didn't know what would happen : opening the discourse on sexual abuse
This is about power on every level : three incest survivor narratives. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-286) and index.
Worlds of hurt : reading the literature of trauma -- A form of witness : the Holocaust and North American memory -- Between the lines : reading the Vietnam War -- The farmer of dreams : the writings of W.D. Ehrhart -- There was no plot, and I discovered it by mistake : trauma, community, and the revisionary process -- We didn't know what would happen : opening the discourse on sexual abuse -- This is about power on every level : three incest survivor narratives.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0521445043
- Physical Description
- x, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Psychic trauma. Victims--Psychology. Violence--Psychological aspects. Psychic trauma in literature. American literature--20th century--History and criticism. Holocaust survivors in literature. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Literature and the war. Sexual abuse victims--United States--Biography--History and criticism. Popular culture--United States.
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