Paul Auster’s Post-9/11 Writing
Paul Auster’s writing testifies to the events of 9/11 in unexpected ways, through silence, repetition and obliqueness. This essay sets out to explore Paul Auster’s various responses to the terrorist attacks, found in his works of fiction and nonfiction, in order to unveil their complex connections w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses universitaires de Rennes
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Revue LISA |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lisa/11564 |
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| Summary: | Paul Auster’s writing testifies to the events of 9/11 in unexpected ways, through silence, repetition and obliqueness. This essay sets out to explore Paul Auster’s various responses to the terrorist attacks, found in his works of fiction and nonfiction, in order to unveil their complex connections with world history and representation. This discussion encompasses Auster’s 21st century writing as well as his early work as a poet and essayist in order to highlight the persistence of trauma and the unsayable. Paul Auster keeps saying without saying, approaching the ineffable by turning away from it. His narrative strategy, studied trace by trace here, is unique in American letters. |
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| ISSN: | 1762-6153 |