LEADER 03718nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910452690003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-85579-8 010 $a0-226-92496-3 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226924960 035 $a(CKB)2550000000707363 035 $a(EBL)1078670 035 $a(OCoLC)820121143 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000783327 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12406299 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783327 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10771205 035 $a(PQKB)11744572 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000099526 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1078670 035 $a(DE-B1597)523824 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226924960 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1078670 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10631239 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL416829 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000707363 100 $a20120510d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFuturity$b[electronic resource] $econtemporary literature and the quest for the past /$fAmir Eshel 210 $aChicago ;$aLondon $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-92495-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aComing to terms with the future: German literature in search of the past -- Writing the unsaid: Hebrew literature and the question of Palestinian flight and expulsion -- Futurity and action. 330 $aWhen looking at how trauma is represented in literature and the arts, we tend to focus on the weight of the past. In this book, Amir Eshel suggests that this retrospective gaze has trapped us in a search for reason in the madness of the twentieth century's catastrophes at the expense of literature's prospective vision. Considering several key literary works, Eshel argues in Futurity that by grappling with watershed events of modernity, these works display a future-centric engagement with the past that opens up the present to new political, cultural, and ethical possibilities-what he calls futurity. Bringing together postwar German, Israeli, and Anglo-American literature, Eshel traces a shared trajectory of futurity in world literature. He begins by examining German works of fiction and the debates they spurred over the future character of Germany's public sphere. Turning to literary works by Jewish-Israeli writers as they revisit Israel's political birth, he shows how these stories inspired a powerful reconsideration of Israel's identity. Eshel then discusses post-1989 literature-from Ian McEwan's Black Dogs to J. M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year-revealing how these books turn to events like World War II and the Iraq War not simply to make sense of the past but to contemplate the political and intellectual horizon that emerged after 1989. Bringing to light how reflections on the past create tools for the future, Futurity reminds us of the numerous possibilities literature holds for grappling with the challenges of both today and tomorrow. 606 $aHistory in literature 606 $aGerman literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHebrew literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHistory in literature. 615 0$aGerman literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHebrew literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a809/.93358 700 $aEshel$b Amir$0781194 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452690003321 996 $aFuturity$91983156 997 $aUNINA