Download or read book Lamentation and Modernity in Literature, Philosophy, and Culture written by R. Saunders and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saunders analyzes the ideological uses of loss in literary, philosophical, and social texts from the late 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of women's lament traditions and includes philosophical texts by Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida; and literary works by William Faulkner, Stéphane Mallarmé, Dimitris Hatzis, and Tahar Ben Jelloun.