The Nature of Trauma in American Novels

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi one Trauma Theory and Its Discontents: The Potentials of Pluralism 3 two The Role of Place in Remembering: Lan Cao’s Monkey Bridge 41 three The Traumatized Protagonist and Mythic Landscapes: Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony 55 four Wilderness, Loss, and Cultural Contexts in Edward Abbey’s Black Sun 69 five Neocolonialism and Polluted Places in Robert Barclay’s Melal 91 Conclusion 115 Notes 123 Works Cited 131 Index 139 ...