The Poetics of Otherness: War, Trauma, and Literature

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 Bartolomé de Las Casas' representation of the Americas to the trench poets to voices from the Holocaust.

Author: J. Hart
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/03/2015
Pages: 263
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9781349503131

About the Author

Jonathan Hart is a poet, critic, historian, and prolific author. His books include Theater and World, Breath and Dust, Representing the New World, Empires and Colonies, Musing, Dreamwork, and From Shakespeare to Obama. He has held appointments and visiting appointments at Toronto, Cambridge, Alberta, the Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III), Princeton, Harvard, among others.