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Writing History, Writing Trauma

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Writing History, Writing Trauma

By Dominick LaCapra

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About the book

Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic testimonies-notably Holocaust testimonies-assume in thought and in writing. These attempts are addressed in a series of six interlocking essays that adapt psychoanalytic concepts to historical analysis, while employing s...Show more

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9781421414003

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Johns Hopkins University Press

Published year

2014

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1

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Writing History, Writing Trauma

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