| Terrorism and Modern Literature: From Joseph Conrad to Ciaran Carson Contributor(s): Houen, Alex (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198187718 ISBN-13: 9780198187714 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: Looking at 100 years of terrorism in print--from Conrad on Anarchism in the 1880s to Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson on the "Troubles" in the 1980s--Terrorism and Modern Literature offers a fresh perspective on terrorism's cultural aftermath. In this first extensive study of the phenomenon, Alex Houen explores the historical and political dimensions of writing terrorism in the modern world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 2002029059 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.45" W x 8.48" (0.97 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Looking at 100 years of terrorism in print--from Conrad on Anarchism in the 1880s to Seamus Heaney and Ciaran Carson on the Troubles in the 1980s--Terrorism and Modern Literature offers a fresh perspective on terrorism's cultural aftermath. In this first extensive study of the phenomenon, Alex Houen explores the historical and political dimensions of writing terrorism in the modern world. |