Herman Peter C.
Herman Peter C. - Unspeakable Literature And Terrorism From The Gunpowder Plot To 9/11 - Paperback
Herman Peter C. - Unspeakable Literature And Terrorism From The Gunpowder Plot To 9/11 - Paperback
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Description: Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 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 De Lillo 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 by examining the roots of terrorist violence .
Title: Unspeakable Literature And Terrorism From The Gunpowder Plot To 9/11
Author(s): Herman Peter C.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367249007
Pages: 212 Pages, 3 Line Drawings, Black And White; 32 Halftones, Black And White; 35 Illustrations, Black
Publication Date: 9/25/2019
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
Description: Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 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 De Lillo 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 by examining the roots of terrorist violence .
Title: Unspeakable Literature And Terrorism From The Gunpowder Plot To 9/11
Author(s): Herman Peter C.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367249007
Pages: 212 Pages, 3 Line Drawings, Black And White; 32 Halftones, Black And White; 35 Illustrations, Black
Publication Date: 9/25/2019
Category: Terrorism, Armed Struggle
