In this Book
- A Poetics of Trauma: The Work of Dahlia Ravikovitch
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Brandeis University Press
- Series: HBI Series on Jewish Women
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction: What Must Be Forgotten
- pp. xi-xx
- Part One | Forever Beholden: The State of Orphanhood
- 1 | Poetics of Orphanhood
- pp. 3-20
- Part Two | Estrangement: The Project of Female Subjectivity
- Part Three | "She Tried to Escape and Lost Her Senses": Mania, Depression, and Madness
- Part Four | Unveiling Injustice: Testimony, Complicity, and National Identity
- Bibliography
- pp. 157-168
Additional Information
ISBN
9781611683561
Related ISBN(s)
9781611683547, 9781611683554
MARC Record
OCLC
829455653
Pages
198
Launched on MUSE
2013-02-13
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013