Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11

by Peter C. Herman

Book Overview

Unspeakable: Literature and Terrorism from the Gunpowder Plot to 9/11 explores the representation of terrorism in plays, novels, and films across the centuries. Time and time again, writers and filmmakers including William Shakespeare, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Gillo Pontecorvo, Don DeLillo, John Updike, and Steven Spielberg refer to terrorist acts as beyond comprehension, "a deed without a name," but they do not stop there. Instead of creating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367249006
• ISBN13: 9780367249007
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"