Unspeakable by Peter C Herman
Unspeakable: Fiction and the Representation of Terrorism explores the representation of terrorism in plays, novels and films across the centuries. Time and time again, writers and filmmakers including William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Gillo Pontecorvo, Don DeLillo, John Updike, and Steven Spielberg refer to terrorist acts as beyond comprehension, "a deed without a name," but they do not stop there. Instead of creating works that respond to terrorism by providing comforting narratives reassuring audiences and readers of their moral superiority and the perfidy of the terrorists, these writers and filmmakers confront the unspeakable by attempting to see the world from the terrorist’s perspective and examining the roots of terrorist violence.
Peter C. Herman is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415005067 |
| ISBN 10 | 041500506X |
| Title | Unspeakable |
| Author | Peter C Herman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Electronic book text |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2019-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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