| A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch Contributor(s): Szobel, Ilana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611683556 ISBN-13: 9781611683554 Publisher: Brandeis University Press OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - History | Middle East - Israel & Palestine - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 892.416 |
| LCCN: 2012025573 |
| Series: Hbi Series on Jewish Women & the Schusterman Series in Israe |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.45 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The work of the renowned Israeli poet, translator, peace activist, and 1998 Israel Prize laureate Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936-2005) portrays the emotional structure of a traumatized and victimized female character. Ilana Szobel's book, the first full-length study of Ravikovitch in English, offers a theoretical discussion of the poetics of trauma and the politics of victimhood, as well as a rethinking of the notions of activity and passivity, strength and weakness. Analyzing the deep structure embodied in Ravikovitch's work, Szobel unearths the interconnectedness of Ravikovitch's private-poetic subjectivity and Israeli national identity, and shows how her unique poetics can help readers overcome cultural biases and sympathetically engage otherness. |