Reading risk: collisions of crisis in contemporary American literature

Thesis

This thesis examines representations of risk in contemporary American literature, joining a growing body of critical attention to risk and its relevance to literary studies. Framing risk as a matter of perception and therefore a matter of reading, this project explores how the interlocking structure of contemporary crisis both reflects and demands new critical approaches. This inquiry therefore undertakes a comparative study of how different forms and genres articulate and account for risk...

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Authors: Waltcher, S

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Post-9/11 Literature; Ecocriticism; Contemporary American Literature; Risk
• Subjects: Literary Studies; Literature