Winning the War of Words (Faith Library)

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"Unspeakable: Fiction and the Representation of Terrorism 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 works that respond to terrorism by providing comforting narratives reassuring audiences and readers of their moral superiority and the perfidy of the terrorists, these writers and filmmakers confront the unspeakable by attempting to see the world from the terrorist's perspective and examining the roots of terrorist violence." --

subjects: Terrorism in literature,  Political violence in literature,  Terrorism in motion pictures,  Political violence in motion pictures,  Terrorism,  History,  Political violence,  Social aspects,  Psychological aspects,  Terrorisme dans la littérature,  Violence politique dans la littérature,  Terrorisme au cinéma,  Violence politique au cinéma,  Terrorisme,  Histoire,  Violence politique,  Aspect social,  Aspect psychologique,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Political Freedom & Security,  PERFORMING ARTS,  Film & Video,  History & Criticism