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Terrorizing Images Trauma and Ekphrasis in Contemporary Literature

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This book combines two focal points: trauma and ekphrasis. It responds to the recognition of how terrorizing images permeate the public sphere in connection with traumatic experiences and conflicts and emphasizes the ways in which such images are described and interpreted by words. Contributors anal...

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Other Authors: Ivan Armstrong, Charles (Editor), Langas, Unni (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2020
Series:Culture & Conflict 16
Subjects:
Literature: history & criticism
Literary studies: general
Cultural studies
Trauma
ekphrasis
literary studies, image
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Summary:This book combines two focal points: trauma and ekphrasis. It responds to the recognition of how terrorizing images permeate the public sphere in connection with traumatic experiences and conflicts and emphasizes the ways in which such images are described and interpreted by words. Contributors analyze the use of verbally represented images in a variety of literary texts, written in several different languages.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (204 p.)
ISBN:9783110693959
Access:Open Access

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