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Futurity contemporary literature and the quest for the past

"Critical writing on literature and the arts is burdened by the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century's catastrophes at the expense of literature's prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in Futurity that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilities-what he calls futurity." -- Front jacket flap

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  • ""Critical writing on literature and the arts is burdened by the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century's catastrophes at the expense of literature's prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in Futurity that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilities-what he calls futurity." -- Front jacket flap"@en
  • "When looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century's catastrophes at the expense of literature's prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in Futurity that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilities-what h."@en

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  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en
  • "Criticism, interpretation, etc"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "History"@en

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  • "Zukünftigkeit die zeitgenössische Literatur und die Vergangenheit"
  • "Zukünftigkeit : Die zeitgenössische Literatur und die Vergangenheit"
  • "Zukünftigkeit Die zeitgenössische Literatur und die Vergangenheit"
  • "Zukünftigkeit : die zeitgenössische Literatur und die Vergangenheit"
  • "Futurity contemporary literature and the quest for the past"
  • "Futurity contemporary literature and the quest for the past"@en
  • "Futurity : Contemporary Literature and the Quest for the Past"
  • "Futurity : contemporary literature and the quest for the past"@en
  • "Futurity : contemporary literature and the quest for the past"

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