Geoffrey Hartman: Romanticism after the Holocaust offers the first comprehensive critical account of the work of the American literary critic Geoffrey Hartman. The book aims to achieve two things: first, it charts the whole trajectory of Hartman''s...
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Geoffrey Hartman: Romanticism after the Holocaust offers the first comprehensive critical account of the work of the American literary critic Geoffrey Hartman. The book aims to achieve two things: first, it charts the whole trajectory of Hartman''s career (now more than half a century long) while playing close attention to the place of his career in broader cultural and intellectual contexts; second, it engages with contemporary discussions about ecology, ethics, trauma, the media, and community in order to argue that Hartman''s work presents a surprisingly consistent and original position in
Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Romanticism after Trauma; 1. Counter-Spirits: Immediacy, History, Nature; 2. Of Climatology: Literature after Structure; 3. Memorial Mimesis: The Ecology of Literary Knowledge; 4. Grave Immunity: Poetry and the Preservation of Loss; 5. "Darkness makes abode": Mourning, Testimony, Community; Coda: Wordsworth after the Holocaust; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y