Geoffrey Hartman romanticism after the Holocaust Pieter Vermeulen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vermeulen, Pieter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hartman, Geoffrey H.

Criticism--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Romanticism--History--20th century.

Romanticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum International Pub. Group 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Geoffrey Hartman: Romanticism after the Holocaust offers the first comprehensive critical account of the work of the American literary critic Geoffrey Hartman. The book aims to achieve two things: first, it charts the whole trajectory of Hartman's career (now more than half a century long) while playing close attention to the place of his career in broader cultural and intellectual contexts; second, it engages with contemporary discussions about ecology, ethics, trauma, the media, and community in order to argue that Hartman's work presents a surprisingly consistent and original position in cu

Contents:

Introduction : romanticism after trauma

Counter-spirits : immediacy, history, nature

Of climatology : literature after structure

Memorial mimesis : the ecology of literary knowledge

Grave immunity : poetry and the preservation of loss

"Darkness makes abode" : mourning, testimony, community

Coda : Wordsworth after the Holocaust

Abbreviations

Introduction: Romanticism after Trauma\ 1. Counter-Spirits: Immediacy, History, Nature

2. Of Climatology: Literature after Structure

3. Memorial Mimesis: The Ecology of Literary Knowledge 4. Grave Immunity: Poetry and the Preservation of Loss

5. 'Darkness makes abode': Mourning, Testimony, Community

Coda: Wordsworth after the Holocaust

Works Cited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786612765766

9781472542441

1472542444

9781282765764

1282765760

9781441166043

1441166041

OCLC:

669506419