{"product_id":"trauma-fiction-9780748618576","title":"Trauma Fiction","description":"The literary potential of trauma is examined in this book, bringing trauma theory and literary texts together for the first time. \u003ci\u003eTrauma Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the ways in which contemporary novelists explore the theme of trauma and incorporate its structures into their writing. It provides innovative readings of texts by Pat Barker, Jackie Kay, Anne Michaels, Toni Morrison, Caryl Phillips, W. G. Sebald and Binjamin Wilkomirski. It also considers the ways in which trauma has affected fictional form, exploring how novelists have responded to the challenge of writing traumatic narratives, and identifying the key stylistic features associated with the genre. In addition, the book introduces the reader to key critics in the field of trauma theory such as Cathy Caruth, Shoshana Felman and Geoffrey Hartman. The linking of trauma theory and literary texts not only sheds light on works of contemporary fiction, it also points to the inherent connections between trauma theory and the literary which have often been overlooked. The distinction between literary theme and style in the book opens up major questions regarding the nature of trauma itself. Trauma, like the novels discussed, is shown to take an uncertain but productive place between content and form.Key Features*Idenitifes and explores a new and evolving genre in contemporary fiction*Thinks through the relation between trauma and literature*Produces innovative readings of key works of contemporary fiction *Provides an introduction to key ideas in trauma theory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Whitehead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780748618576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2005 pg. 1582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne Whitehead is Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Literature at Newcastle University, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrauma Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eMemory: New Critical Idiom\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2009). She has co-edited \u003ci\u003eThe Edinburgh Companion to the Critical Medical Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh, 2016), \u003ci\u003eTheories of Memory: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh, 2007) and \u003ci\u003eW. G. Sebald: A Critical Companion\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh, 2004), as well as a special issue of \u003ci\u003eFeminist Theory\u003c\/i\u003e on feminism and affect. She has published articles on contemporary literature in a range of journals, including \u003ci\u003eModern Fiction Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTextual Practice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Literature\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40120018927731,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_99dff74f-cccd-4c2f-b3d3-3cfa9495c802.jpg?v=1653662436","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/trauma-fiction-9780748618576","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}