William Mahan
Biographic Data
| ID | 9237177 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William Mahan |
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| FAMILY NAME | Mahan |
| SIGNATURE | MAHAN W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Marxism and Medieval Studies
This recent volume on Marxist historiography edited by Nodl, Węcowski, and Zupka vividly depicts the relationship between academia and research approaches in Medieval Studies in eastern Europe on the one hand, and political regimes and (national) ideologies on the other. The back cover effectively summarizes how the book engages with historical materialist and Marxist approaches to archaeology and history in the 1950s to 1970s (in fact, the volum…
Ghostly Letters
This essay examines narratives in which Arthur Schnitzler explores the unconscious of Vienna's fin‐de‐siècle society through the leitmotif of the haunted letter. Examining five short stories written between 1880 and 1930, the essay argues that letters written by characters who anticipate their readership after their deaths reflect the uncanny paranoia and hysteria of modernity. Through an analysis of Schnitzler's narrative techniques, the essay i…
Triangulating Trauma
Even today, trauma theory remains indebted to Sigmund Freud’s notion of belatedness: a traumatic event is not fully experienced at the time of occurrence, due to its suddenness and the lack of preparedness on the part of the human subject. In Traumatic Realism (2000), Michael Rothberg invokes the Benjaminian notion of the constellation of representation to address the shortcomings of any singular mode of trauma portrayal. Rothberg likens the real…
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Triangulating Trauma
Even today, trauma theory remains indebted to Sigmund Freud’s notion of belatedness: a traumatic event is not fully experienced at the time of occurrence, due to its suddenness and the lack of preparedness on the part of the human subject. In Traumatic Realism (2000), Michael Rothberg invokes the Benjaminian notion of the constellation of representation to address the shortcomings of any singular mode of trauma portrayal. Rothberg likens the real…
Ghostly Letters
This essay examines narratives in which Arthur Schnitzler explores the unconscious of Vienna's fin‐de‐siècle society through the leitmotif of the haunted letter. Examining five short stories written between 1880 and 1930, the essay argues that letters written by characters who anticipate their readership after their deaths reflect the uncanny paranoia and hysteria of modernity. Through an analysis of Schnitzler's narrative techniques, the essay i…
Marxism and Medieval Studies
This recent volume on Marxist historiography edited by Nodl, Węcowski, and Zupka vividly depicts the relationship between academia and research approaches in Medieval Studies in eastern Europe on the one hand, and political regimes and (national) ideologies on the other. The back cover effectively summarizes how the book engages with historical materialist and Marxist approaches to archaeology and history in the 1950s to 1970s (in fact, the volum…
Art (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Bourgeoisie (1 work) · Central European national history (1 work)