Lamentation and Modernity in Literature, Philosophy, and Culture [Paperback]

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.Heavy Losses: Modernity, Trauma, Philosophy 'And the Women Wailed in Answer': The Lament Tradition Lamentation and (Dis)Possession: Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! and the New South Lamentation and Purity: Mallarm?'s 'Hommage', wagn?risme, and French Nationalism of the 1880s Lamentation and National Identity: Hatzis's To diplo biblio and the (De)Construction of Modern Greece Lamentation and Gender: Ben Jelloun's L'Enfant de Sable and the (De)Colonization of the Body

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 '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 JV

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