A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch (HBI Series on Jewish Women) - Softcover

Szobel, Ilana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611683556 ISBN 13: 9781611683554

Publisher: Brandeis University Press, 2013

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In her theoretical analysis of the poetics of trauma and the politics of victimhood, Szobel focuses on the female character s permanent victimhood in four aspects of identity formation orphanhood, estrangement, madness, and national identity. In so doing, she creates a deviant form of subjectivity in a major departure from the Zionist expectation of healing from trauma and progression to recovery and revival. . . . Highly recommended. Choice"

With this study, Szobel offers a theoretically rigorous and compelling introduction to Ravikovitch s work, with each section suggesting various strands for future research on the poet. She builds a convincing case for an understanding of Ravikovitch s trauma that is not, to paraphrase her, trapped in binary terms or in a biological reading, but rather one that highlights and creates spaces of textual and cultural interrelation, where sites of conflict activate and engage. Hebrew Studies"

"A Poetics of Trauma pays a thoughtful tribute to a passionate and unique literary voice whose works should not be forgotten."--Jewish Book World

"Ilana Szobel's A Poetics of Trauma gives the English-reading audience tools with which to begin a serious engagement with a poet who is just coming to be read in English." --Nashim

"In her theoretical analysis of the poetics of trauma and the politics of victimhood, Szobel focuses on the female character's permanent victimhood in four aspects of identity formation--orphanhood, estrangement, madness, and national identity. In so doing, she creates a deviant form of subjectivity in a major departure from the Zionist expectation of healing from trauma and progression to recovery and revival. . . . Highly recommended."-- "Choice"

A Poetics of Trauma pays a thoughtful tribute to a passionate and unique literary voice whose works should not be forgotten.-- "Jewish Book World"

About the Author:

ILANA SZOBEL is an assistant professor in Hebrew Literature at Brandeis University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brandeis University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1611683556
• ISBN 13: 9781611683554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 198