Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters: Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Eliot Thinking Loss

Brennan, T.

Thomas Brennan finds roots of the 'sensibility of trauma' by returning to the work of Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Eliot. By reading these poets of mourning through the framework of trauma, Brennan reflects on our traumatized moment and weighs two potential responses - the fantasy of transcendence and the ethic of trust.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-01-27

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230104969

DOI: 10.1057/9780230117549

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 206