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After the Fall presents a timely and provocative examination of the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on American culture and literature.
* Presents the first detailed interrogation of U. S. writing in a time of crisis
* Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma
* Relates U. S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U. S. and elsewhere
* Places U. S. writing in the context of the transformed position of the U. S. in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism
* Presents the first detailed interrogation of U. S. writing in a time of crisis
* Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma
* Relates U. S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U. S. and elsewhere
* Places U. S. writing in the context of the transformed position of the U. S. in a world characterized by political, economic, and military crisis; transnational drift; the resurgence of religious fundamentalism; and the apparent triumph of global capitalism