Post-9/11 Historical Fiction and Alternate History Fiction

Post-9/11 Historical Fiction and Alternate History Fiction

Transnational and Multidirectional Memory

Liao, Pei-chen

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

09/2021

203

Mole

Inglês

9783030524944

15 a 20 dias

283

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Beyond and Before 9/11: A Transnational Historical Turn.- Chapter 2 "The Second Coming": The Resurgence of the Historical Novel and American Alternate History.- Chapter 3: "America First": Fear, Memory, Activism, and Everyday Life in Philip Roth's The Plot Against America.- Chapter 4: "In Memory of Toyoko H. Nozaka": Life Writing, Cultural Memory, and Historical Mediation in Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor was Divine.- Chapter 5: "Walking a Tightrope": Illusion and Disillusion of American Innocence and Exceptionalism in Colum McCann's Let the Great World Spin.- Chapter 6: "What about the Names?": Post-9/11 Commemorative Culture and Islamaphobia in Amy Waldman's The Submission.- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Connective Memories and Histories.

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9/11;alternate history fiction;historical fiction;post-9/11 fiction;contemporary American fiction;transnational lens;The Plot Against America;Philip Roth;American history