Overview: Extends the study of post-9/11 fiction to examine the Gothic in New York novels and texts.Draws on research in trauma studies and terrorism studies.Examines the American Gothic tradition.After 9/11, the world felt the “shock and awe” of the War on Terror. But that war also exploded inside novels, films, comics, and gaming. Danel Olson investigates why the paranormal, ghostly, and conspiratorial entered such media between 2002-2022, and how this Gothic presence connects to the most recent theories on PTSD. Set in New York/Gotham, Afghanistan, Iraq, and CIA black sites, the traumatic a
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