Words, Not Bombs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6226272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sina Rahmani (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | boundary 2 (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-3659 • E-ISSN: 1527-2141 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/01903659-8524384 |
| OpenAlex | W3042497645 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The introduction to this special issue of boundary 2 examines W. G. Sebald’s rapid and sudden transformation from controversial and curmudgeonly Germanist to literary superstar as a case study in the “global valences of the critical.” The massive success of Sebald’s strange and variegated oeuvre among critics highlights a pervasive and troubling provincialism afflicting this supposedly global moment in world cultural history. Using Sebald’s The Rings of Saturn, the author links the emergence of “distant” modes of reading to drone warfare and concludes by calling for greater emphasis on literary translation
Art · Astronomy · Literature · Physics · Planet · Political science · Reading (process · Saturn · History · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Memory, Trauma, and Testimony
| Highly cited | No |
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