Literature in the Ashes of History

by Cathy Caruth

Book Overview

What does it mean for history to disappear?

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Cathy Caruth juxtaposes the writings of psychoanalysts, literary and political theorists, and literary authors who write in a century faced by a new kind of history, one that is made up of events that seem to undo, rather than produce, their own remembrance. At the heart of each chapter is the enigma of a history that, in its very unfolding,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421411555
• ISBN13: 9781421411552
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"