Literature in the Ashes of History

Literature in the Ashes of History
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Publisher : JHU Press
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9781421411552
ISBN-13 : 1421411555
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Book Synopsis Literature in the Ashes of History by : Cathy Caruth

Download or read book Literature in the Ashes of History written by Cathy Caruth and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster.


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