Literary Lions Tackle 9/11
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4053926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bob Batchelor |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 2011 |
| Issue | 111 |
| Pages | 175-183 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Radical History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-6545 • E-ISSN: 1534-1453 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01636545-1268785 |
| OpenAlex | W2012435016 |
| Language | EN |
In Terrorist (2006) and Falling Man (2007), John Updike and Don DeLillo present two contrasting yet equally compelling visions of the post-9/11 United States. Based on a close textual analysis of the novels and additional primary and secondary research, this article examines the role of popular literature and novelists in rendering history. Using the novels as a framework, the essay investigates the role literature performs when addressing contemporary historical events, as well as what function the author's reputation and the book's reception play in this endeavor
Aesthetics · Art · Literature · Reputation · Social science · Sociology · Terrorism · Vision · Anthropology · Computer Science · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · History
| Highly cited | No |
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