Unclaimed Experience by Cathy Caruth
This work examines the links between the languages of literature and psychoanalysis, in terms of their uses in the analysis of trauma in the 20th century. The author argues that, through the notion of trauma, we come to see that history can arise where immediate understanding is impossible.
"'Unclaimed Experience' is a splendid work, written with admirable clarity, power, and economyThe book has importance for a number of different fields: for psychoanalysis, for trauma theory or theory of 'post-traumatic stress disorder,' for literary study, for literary theory for cultural and historical studies, and for ethical theory. Each chapter is a classic essay on its topic."--J. Hillis Miller, University of California, Irvine
Cathy Caruth is associate professor of comparative literature and English and director of the Program in Comparative Literature at Emory University. Her books include Trauma: Explorations in Memory and Empirical Truths and Critical Fictions: Locke, Wordsworth, Kant, Freud, both available from Johns Hopkins.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780801852473 |
| ISBN 10 | 0801852471 |
| Title | Unclaimed Experience |
| Author | Cathy Caruth |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Year published | 1996-08-12 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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