Tony Harrison and the Holocaust
(Part of the Liverpool English Texts and Studies Series)
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This book argues that Tony Harrison's poetry is barbaric. It revisits one of the most misquoted passages of twentieth-century philosophy: Theodor Adorno's apparent dismissal of post-Holocaust poetry as 'impossible' or 'barbaric'. His statement is reinterpreted as opening up the possibility that the awkward and embarrassing poetics of writers such as Harrison might be re-evaluated as committed responses to the worst horrors of twentieth-century history...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0853235163
ISBN13:9780853235163
Release Date:June 2001
Publisher:Liverpool University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:0.93 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.8"
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