1999, ISBN: 0877457611

A Trauma Artist" examines how O'Brien's works variously rewrite his own traumatization during the war in Vietnam as a never-ending fiction that paradoxically "recovers" personal experienc… Plus…

A Trauma Artist" examines how O'Brien's works variously rewrite his own traumatization during the war in Vietnam as a never-ending fiction that paradoxically "recovers" personal experience by both recapturing and (re)disguising it. Mark Heberle considers O'Brien's career as a writer through the prisms of post-traumatic stress disorder, postmodernist metafiction, and post-World War II American political uncertainties and public violence.Based on recent conversations with O'Brien, previously published interviews, and new readings of all his works through 1999, this book is the first study to concentrate on the role and representation of trauma as the central focus of all O'Brien's works, whether situated in Vietnam, in post-Vietnam America, or in the imagination of protagonists suspended between the two. By doing so, Heberle redefines O'Brien as a major U.S. writer of the late twentieth century whose representations of self-damaging experiences and narratives of recovery characterize not only the war in Vietnam but also relationships between fathers and sons and men and women in the post-traumatic culture of the contemporary United States. classics,genre fiction,health fitness and dieting,history and criticism,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,literature and fiction,mental health,movements and periods,post-traumatic stress disorder Mental Health, University of Iowa Press<

ISBN: 9780877457619

University Of Iowa Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possi… Plus…

University Of Iowa Press. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., University Of Iowa Press<

ISBN: 9780877457619

University Of Iowa Press. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear., University Of Iowa Press

2001, ISBN: 9780877457619

University Of Iowa Press, 2001-06-15. Paperback. Good., University Of Iowa Press, 2001-06-15