SOURCE: Scanlan, Margaret. “Literature Can Look Terror in the Eye and Measure its Human Consequences.” Chronicle of Higher Education 48, no. 17 (21 December 2001): B11-B13.
In the following essay, Scanlan remarks on the convergence of literature and reality in numerous works of terrorist fiction, noting that such novels not only offer solace in times of grief, but also serve as a mirror that reflects modern society.
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