Lamentation and Modernity in Literature, Philosophy, and Culture
Saunders, Rebecca
Hardcover
$64.46 + $1.99 USPS S/H
$3.22 of your order (5%) will be donated to the school of your choice.
BOOK SUMMARY
Examining modernitys pervasive rhetoric of loss and crisis from the unique perspective of womens lament traditions, Lamentation and Modernity analyzes the ideological uses of loss in literary, philosophical, and social texts from the late 19th and 20th ce
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Examining modernity’s pervasive rhetoric of loss and crisis from the unique perspective of women’s lament traditions, Lamentation and Modernity analyzes the ideological uses of loss in literary, philosophical, and social texts from the late 19th and 20th centuries. A significant reassessment of conceptions of modernity, At God’s Funeral contains studies of the lament tradition and the history of trauma; of philosophical texts by Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida; of literary works by William Faulkner, Stéphane Mallarmé, Dimitris Hatzis, and Tahar Ben Jelloun, and of relevant cultural contexts, including the American “New South,” French nationalism of the 1880s, the Greek independence struggle, and the (de)colonization of Morocco.
AUTHOR BIO
Rebecca Saunders is Associate Professor in the department of English at Illinois State University.
BOOK REVIEWS
"Through a series of probing theoretical reflections and incisive close readings, ranging over important texts of both critical theory and literature, Saunders's book explores the haunting role of lamentation in modernity. She sees lamentation as an aesthetic and political form interacting with traumatic loss and traversing various genres, discourses, and rhetorical traditions. Transnational and interdisciplinary in scope, this excellent study offers sustained insight into crucial components of contemporary thought and culture.--Dominick LaCapra, Cornell University
Â
This is a scholarly and intellectually ambitious work. Saunders employs a daunting range of theoretical sources to support her convincing argument. A real contribution to the study of lamentation and the literature of modernism.--Gail Holst-Warhaft, Cornell University
Submit a book reviewFOR RELATED BOOKS
Literary Criticism Books :: General Books
Literary Criticism Books :: American Books :: General Books
Philosophy Books :: Criticism Books
Psychology Books :: General Books
MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1403983852
ISBN(13-digit): 9781403983855
Dewey Decimal: 809/.93353
Library of Congress: 2007001261
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 233
If you like this book, you may also enjoy:
 | |
 | |
 | |
| The Three Musketeers | |
Death in the Afternoon | |
Tender Is the Night | |
| Dumas, Alexandre/ Le Clercq, Jacques (TRN) | |
Hemingway, Ernest | |
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | |
