Discrepant Solace: Contemporary Literature and the Work of Consolation

by David James and David James

Consolation has always played an uncomfortable part in the literary history of loss. But in recent decades its affective meanings and ethical implications have been recast by narratives that appear at first sight to foil solace altogether. Illuminating this striking archive, Discrepant Solace considers writers who engage with consolation not as an aesthetic salve but as an enduring problematic, one that unravels at the centre of emotionally challenging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198789750
• ISBN13: 9780198789758
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"