Amir Eshel
Amir Eshel
Amil Eshel, born in Haifa in 1965, is Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies and director of the Europe Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
Amil Eshel, born in Haifa in 1965, is Edward Clark Crossett Professor of Humanistic Studies and director of the Europe Center at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.
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Year of Publication: 2012
Amir EshelYear of Publication: 2012
Futurity
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...
Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues...