Comparative literature and the historical imaginary : reading Conrad, Weiss, Sebald /: reading Conrad, Weiss, Sebald. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kaisa Kaakinen.
• Authors: Kaakinen, Kaisa
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Comparative Readings in the Twenty-First Century -- PART I: OUTLINING THE FUTURE: PETER WEISS'S DIE ÄSTHETIK DES WIDERSTANDS AND THE PARATAXIS OF HISTORY -- 2. Sensory Representations and Untimely Reference in Die Ästhetik des Widerstands -- 3. Coordinates of Comparison: Weiss’s Poetics of Historical Relation -- PART II: "I WOULD NOT EVEN INVENT A TRANSITION." (RE-) CONTEXTUALIZING JOSEPH CONRAD -- 4. Imperial Comparison and Postcolonial Reading -- 5. Conrad as a Bridge -- PART III: ANALOGY AND THE NARRATION OF TRAUMA IN W. G. SEBALD'S AUSTERLITZ AND DIE RINGE DES SATURN -- 6. Repetition and Digression: Sebald's Narratives of Trauma -- 7. Configurations of the Present in Sebald -- 8. Conclusion: Present Futures -- Bibliography.-.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 261 pages)
• Subjects: 809; Literature; Comparative literature; Literature and history; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Comparative literature; Literature and history; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900; European literature; Literary Criticism -- European -- General; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319518206; 3319518208
• Related ISBNs: 9783319518190
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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