Dominick LaCapra is Professor Emeritus of History atCornell University. He is the author of many books, includingHistory, Literature, Critical Theory;History and Its Limits: Human, Animal, Violence; andHistory in Transit: Experience, Identity, Critical Theory, all from Cornell.
"LaCapra here writes cogently on the historicity of literature. His
reading of texts are sensitive, controlled, and engagingly
illuminating. In each and every instance, the specialized reader as
well as the beginning student will find them rewarding."
*Wlad Godzich, Universite de Montreal*
"The quality of this work is so high that it will challenge and
reward even readers whose critical presuppositions diverge from
those which LaCapra represents so provocatively."
*Richard Terdiman, University of California, Santa Cruz*
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