Lamentation and Modernity in Literature, Philosophy, and Culture

By Rebecca Saunders

Book Overview

Saunders analyzes the ideological uses of loss in literary, philosophical, and social texts from the late 19th and 20th centuries through the lens of women's lament traditions and includes philosophical texts by Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida; and literary works by William Faulkner, St?phane Mallarm?, Dimitris Hatzis, and Tahar Ben Jelloun.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349539341
• ISBN13: 9781349539345
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"