The 'gentle shock of mild surprise' : Wordsworth's poetry as the missed experience of trauma theory

Since the 1990s, trauma theory has occupied an important position in the field of literary criticism. This thesis looks at the writings of Geoffrey Hartman, Paul de Man and Cathy Caruth, three critics whose work has impacted on the field of trauma theory, as a means of exploring specifically how an...

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Main Author: Harland, Katie
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500947