Trauma

 Lucy Bond and Stef Craps,

Routledge, collection "The New Critical Idiom", 2019

EAN13 : 9780415540421.

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DESCRIPTION

Trauma has become a catchword of our time and a central category in contemporary theory and criticism. In this illuminating and accessible volume, Lucy Bond and Stef Craps:

• provide an account of the history of the concept of trauma from the late nineteenth century to the present day
• examine debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts
• trace the origins and growth of literary trauma theory
• introduce the reader to key thinkers in the field
• explore important issues and tensions in the study of trauma as a cultural phenomenon
• outline and assess recent critiques and revisions of cultural trauma research

Trauma is an essential guide to a rich and vibrant area of literary and cultural inquiry.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction: Not Even Past
1. The History of Trauma
2. Words for Wounds
3. Trauma Theories
4. The Future of Trauma
Conclusion: The Limits of Trauma
Glossary

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Lucy Bond is a principal lecturer in English literature at the University of Westminster, UK.
Stef Craps is a professor of English literature at Ghent University, Belgium.

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