The Poetics of Otherness: War, Trauma, and Literature

by Jonathan Hart

Book Overview

Using the concept of otherness as an entry point into a discussion of poetry, Jonathan Hart's study explores the role of history and theory in relation to literature and culture. Chapters range from trauma in Shakespeare to Bartolom de Las Casas' representation of the Americas to the trench poets to voices from the Holocaust.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113748263X
• ISBN13: 9781137482631
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"