Contemporary Approaches in Literary Trauma Theory [Paperback]

This edited collection argues that trauma in literature must be read through a theoretical pluralism that allows for an understanding of trauma's variable representations that include yet move beyond the concept of trauma as pathological and unspeakable.1. Literary Trauma Theory Reconsidered; Michelle Balaev 2. Parsing the Unspeakable in the Context of Trauma; Barry Stampfl 3. Secondary Thinking and Trauma: Dostoyevsky's Notes from Underground; Herman Rapaport 4. Colonial Trauma, Utopian Carnality, Modernist Form: Toni Morrison's Beloved and Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things ; Greg Forter 5. Trauma and Power in Postcolonial Literary Studies; Irene Visser 6. Voices of Survivors in Contemporary Fiction; Laurie Vickroy 7. Memory and Commemoration in the Digital Present; Paul Arthur Notes IndexPaul Arthur, University of Western Sydney, AustraliaGreg Forter, University of South Carolina, USAHerman Rapaport, Wake Forest University, USABarry Stampfl, San Diego State University, USALaurie Vickroy, Bradley University, USAIrene Visser, University of Groningen, The Netherlands