Dania Hückmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 5778798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dania Hückmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dania |
| FAMILY NAME | Hückmann |
| SIGNATURE | HÜCKMANN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Containment in Realism
German Realist literature is known for its lingering descriptions and seemingly uneventful plotlines. A classic approach to this period (roughly 1848–1900) is to view it as producing a conservative
The Dead Speak
This article considers the beech tree in Annette Droste-Hülshoff's Die Judenbuche as a site where the dead return, alongside Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata and Virgil's The Aeneid. I will examine the role of trees as sites of testimony to violence on the one hand, and the issue of deciphering this testimony on the other. I will discuss how these trees serve as a locus where the past appears in the present, and show how these texts generate…
Beyond Law and Justice
How can we conceive of justice after Auschwitz? This question informs all of Jean Améry's writings. While Améry is famous for his defense of ressentiments and for problematizing the demand of forgiveness put on survivors after the war, I argue that a consideration of his reflections on revenge are indispensible for reaching a fuller understanding of his complex engagement with individual and collective notions of justice after Auschwitz. In his e…
Beyond Law and Justice
How can we conceive of justice after Auschwitz? This question informs all of Jean Améry's writings. While Améry is famous for his defense of ressentiments and for problematizing the demand of forgiveness put on survivors after the war, I argue that a consideration of his reflections on revenge are indispensible for reaching a fuller understanding of his complex engagement with individual and collective notions of justice after Auschwitz. In his e…
Beyond Law and Justice
How can we conceive of justice after Auschwitz? This question informs all of Jean Améry's writings. While Améry is famous for his defense of ressentiments and for problematizing the demand of forgiveness put on survivors after the war, I argue that a consideration of his reflections on revenge are indispensible for reaching a fuller understanding of his complex engagement with individual and collective notions of justice after Auschwitz. In his e…
Containment in Realism
German Realist literature is known for its lingering descriptions and seemingly uneventful plotlines. A classic approach to this period (roughly 1848–1900) is to view it as producing a conservative
The Dead Speak
This article considers the beech tree in Annette Droste-Hülshoff's Die Judenbuche as a site where the dead return, alongside Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata and Virgil's The Aeneid. I will examine the role of trees as sites of testimony to violence on the one hand, and the issue of deciphering this testimony on the other. I will discuss how these trees serve as a locus where the past appears in the present, and show how these texts generate…
Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art (2 works) · German Literature and Culture Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Realism (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Central European national history (1 work) · Classical Studies and Philology (1 work)