Rebirth of the Nouveau Roman: 9/11 as a Crisis of Confidence in American Literary Aesthetics

This article argues that 9/11 created a crisis of confidence amongst writers of American fiction by problematizing literary realism’s claims to verisimiltude and so undermining it as a plausible and credible mode of fiction. Surveying the post-9/11 debate over the merits and shortcomings of realism,...

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Hovedforfatter:	Daniel Davis Wood
Format:	Artigo
Sprog:	Inglês
Udgivet:	Milano University Press 2011-09-01
Serier:	Altre Modernità
Fag:	American literature, post-9/11 fiction, realism, nouveau roman, literary discourse, independent publishing.
Online adgang:	https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/1299
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