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A Major New Assessment of Sebald's Writing LITERATURE NOW MORE BOOKS IN LITERARY STUDIES Sebald's Vision Carol Jacobs W. G. Sebald's writing has been widely recognized for its intense, nuanced engagement with the Holocaust, the Allied bombing of Germany in WWII, and other episodes of violence throughout history. Through his inventive use of narrative form and juxtaposition of image and text, Sebald's work has offered readers new ways to think about remembering and representing trauma. In Sebald's Vision, Carol Jacobs examines the author's prose, novels, and poems, illuminating the ethical and aesthetic questions that shaped his remarkable oeuvre. Through the trope of "vision," Jacobs explores aspects of Sebald's writing and the way the author's indirect depiction of events highlights the ethical imperative of representing history while at the same time calling into question the possibility of such representation. Read more... LITERATURE NOW -   Read an interview with Carol Jacobs - "In Sebald one encounters an ethics of melancholy outrage" -  Sebald's "Air War and Literature" -  On the Style of W. G. Sebald  $40.00 $28.00 | Hardcover | 296 pages / £27.50*   USE COUPON CODE "CUP30" AND SAVE 30%   *Customers in UK, Europe, and Middle East please contact customer@wiley.com STAY CONNECTED

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