Killing Politics: The Art of Recovery in Falling Man

This article analyzes the representation of the aftermath of the Septemeber 11, 2001 attacks in Don DeLillo’s novel Falling Man. By exploring both trauma’s social effects and its metaphorical meanings, DeLillo’s novel registers and enacts the disappearance of politically informed social practice as...

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Matična publikacija: Studia Romanica et Anglica Zagrabiensia
54 (2009), str. 329-352
Glavni autor: Cvek, Sven (-)
Vrsta građe: Članak
Jezik: eng
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