Reading Trauma Narratives
The Contemporary Novel and the Psychology of Oppression
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American
| Author: | Laurie Vickroy | ISBN: | 9780813937397 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press | Publication: | October 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Laurie Vickroy |
| ISBN: | 9780813937397 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Publication: | October 30, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Virginia Press |
| Language: | English |
Laurie Vickroy theorizes trauma in the work of selected modernist and contemporary writers to show not only how narrative can depict the effects of injustice, oppression, and objectification but also how an immersion in the flawed thinking and behavior of the traumatized can engage readers ethically.
Laurie Vickroy theorizes trauma in the work of selected modernist and contemporary writers to show not only how narrative can depict the effects of injustice, oppression, and objectification but also how an immersion in the flawed thinking and behavior of the traumatized can engage readers ethically.
