Haunted narratives : life writing in an age of trauma / edited by Gabriele Rippl [and others].
| Other author | Rippl, Gabriele. |
| Other author | Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2013 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013) |
| Description | 1 electronic text (vii, 352 pages) : digital file. |
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| Series | Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Introduction: Life Writing in an Age of Trauma / Gabriele Rippl, Philipp Schweighauser, and Therese Steffen -- Part One: Life Writing and Trauma: Theorizing the Vicissitudes of Representing Violence. 1 Seeing Ghosts: Theorizing Haunting in Literary Texts / Tiina Kirss -- 2 Trauma and Utopia: Benjamin, Adorno, and Elie Wiesel's / Night Philipp Schweighauser -- |
| Contents | Part Three: Limit-cases: Exploring the Limits of Telling Pain. 9 "Metaphors for the Scots Today": History and National Identity in Scottish Drama after 1945 / Stefanie Preuss -- 10 Aspects of Post-Imperial Constructions of Nationhood / Eva Rein -- 11 Anecdotalization of Memory in Jaan Kross's Paigallend / Eneken Laanes -- 12 Meddling with Memory - Negating Grand Narratives / Nora Anna Escherle -- 13 Fighting Fear with Writing: Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster and Ene Mihkelson's Ahasveeruse uni (The Sleep of Ahasuerus) / Aija Sakova -- 14 The Stigma of the Autobiographical / Julia Straub -- 15 The Search for the Lost Parent in Joy Kogawa's Obasan and Ene Mihkelson's Ahasveeruse uni (The Sleep of Ahasuerus) / Eva Rein -- 16 Making the Silence Speak: A Critical Discussion of Trauma Transmission and Identity Formation / Stefanie Preuss -- |
| Abstract | Exploring life writing from a variety of cultural contexts, Haunted Narratives provides new insights into how individuals and communities across time and space deal with traumatic experiences and haunting memories. |
| General note | Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Other forms | Also available in print version. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Issued in other form | Print version 9781442646018 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781442664197 (electronic bk.) |
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