Literature in the ashes of history

Caruth, Cathy (1955-....)

Literature in the ashes of history [Texte imprimé] / Cathy Caruth - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 - 1 vol. (XIV-129 p.) ; 23 cm

Preface: disappearing history -- Parting words: trauma, silence and survival -- The claims of the dead: history, haunted property and the law -- Lying and history -- Disappearing history: scenes of trauma in the theater of human rights -- After the end: psychoanalysis in the ashes of history -- Afterward: writing in the ash

978-1-421-41154-5

Literature and history Psychic trauma in literature Collective memory in literature

809.93358