‘Home, Land, Security: Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs as a 9/11 Novel’

TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘Home, Land, Security:

T2 - Lorrie Moore's A Gate at the Stairs as a 9/11 Novel’

AU - Varvogli, Aliki

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs is a novel about female maturation and familial bonds that can also be read as a complex response to the patriotic discourses of “homeland security” that prevailed after the 9/11 attacks. Moore’s contribution to the sub-genre of “9/11 fiction” has been overlooked because her concerns appear to be with the limited sphere of domestic relations. In line with Amy Kaplan’s work on the far-reaching implications of the seemingly narrow domestic novel, Moore’s novel examines the state of her nation after 9/11 in a context that extends well beyond the home, understood as both domestic and national space.

AB - Lorrie Moore’s A Gate at the Stairs is a novel about female maturation and familial bonds that can also be read as a complex response to the patriotic discourses of “homeland security” that prevailed after the 9/11 attacks. Moore’s contribution to the sub-genre of “9/11 fiction” has been overlooked because her concerns appear to be with the limited sphere of domestic relations. In line with Amy Kaplan’s work on the far-reaching implications of the seemingly narrow domestic novel, Moore’s novel examines the state of her nation after 9/11 in a context that extends well beyond the home, understood as both domestic and national space.

U2 - 10.1353/jml.2014.0026

DO - 10.1353/jml.2014.0026

M3 - Article

SN - 0022-281X

VL - 37

SP - 177

EP - 190

JO - Journal of Modern Literature

JF - Journal of Modern Literature

IS - 3

ER -