Cavedon, Christina, <br/><br/>
Cultural melancholia :  US trauma discourses before and after 9/11 / 
by Christina Cavedon. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 414 pages) 
 - Costerus,  new series, volume 212  0165-9618 ; .
 - Costerus ;  new ser., v. 212. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Theorizations of melancholia -- Trauma studies in the medico-psychiatric field -- Theorizations of cultural trauma in relation to cultural melancholia -- Cultural narratives activated by the 9/11 attacks -- White middle class melancholia in Jay McInerney's fiction -- Postmodern melancholia and the fantasy of the Tuch�e in Don DeLillo's pre-9/11 novels -- Falling man's escape into hyperreality -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/> Applying melancholia as an analytical concept, Christina Cavedon's Cultural Melancholia: US Trauma Discourses Before and After 9/11 discusses novels by Jay McInerney and Don DeLillo in light of an American cultural malaise pre-dating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>900430598X 9789004305984 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, in literature.<br/>Melancholy--Social aspects--United States.<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.<br/>Melancholy--Social aspects.<br/>September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3554  / .C38 2015 PS374.S445 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.60935873931