InThe Nature of Trauma in the American Novel, Michelle Balaev undertakes an ambitious rethinking of the foundations, implementations, and new possibilities of literary trauma theory.
InThe Nature of Trauma in the American Novel, Michelle Balaev undertakes an ambitious rethinking of the foundations, implementations, and new possibilities of literary trauma theory.
MICHELLE BALAEV is a visiting assistant professor of English at Wake Forest University.
Introduction 1I. Trauma Theory and Its Discontents: The Potentials of Pluralism 17II. The Role of Place in Remembering: Lan Cao’s
Monkey Bridge63III. The Traumatized Protagonist and Mythic Landscapes: Leslie Marmon Silko’s
Ceremony78IV. Wilderness, Loss, and Cultural Contexts in Edward Abbey’s
Black Sun93V. Neocolonialism and Polluted Places in Robert Barclay’s
Melal120Conclusion 146Notes 153Bibliography 164
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