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Terrorism and modern literature, from Joseph Conrad to Ciaran Carson by Alex Houen is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
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Is terrorism's violence essentially symbolic? Does it impact on culture primarily through the media? What kinds of performative effect do the various discourses surrounding terrorism have? Such questions have not only become increasingly important in terrorism studies, they have also been concerns for many literary writers. This book is the first extensive study of modern literature's engagement with terrorism. Ranging from the 1880s to the 1980s, the terrorism examined is as diverseas the liter
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Alex Houen
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Published
- 2002
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786610375059
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Criticism, Poetry
- Rating
- 2 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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