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Examines wounding as a foundational principle of modernism in literature and film. Theorizing the genre of the narrative wound - texts that aim not only to depict but also to inflict injury - Ian Fleishman reveals harm as an essential aesthetic strategy in ten exemplary authors and filmmakers.

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An incisive and provocative contribution to the history and theory of modern narrative since Baudelaire… Fleishman shows that the idea of an open wound as an allegoric dimension, or an ‘aesthetics of injury,' plays a vital and thus far neglected role in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature."" - Johannes Türk, author of Die Immunität der Literatur

""Aesthetics of Injury is insightful, beautifully written, and compelling. It will help shift many discussions in literary, film and feminist studies."" - Kathleen Komar, author of Reclaiming Klytemnestra: Revenge or Reconciliation

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 3/30/2018 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810136793, 978-0810136793
      ISBN10: 0810136791
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines wounding as a foundational principle of modernism in literature and film. Theorizing the genre of the narrative wound - texts that aim not only to depict but also to inflict injury - Ian Fleishman reveals harm as an essential aesthetic strategy in ten exemplary authors and filmmakers.

      Trade Review
      An incisive and provocative contribution to the history and theory of modern narrative since Baudelaire… Fleishman shows that the idea of an open wound as an allegoric dimension, or an ‘aesthetics of injury,' plays a vital and thus far neglected role in nineteenth and twentieth-century literature."" - Johannes Türk, author of Die Immunität der Literatur

      ""Aesthetics of Injury is insightful, beautifully written, and compelling. It will help shift many discussions in literary, film and feminist studies."" - Kathleen Komar, author of Reclaiming Klytemnestra: Revenge or Reconciliation

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