Author: Dominick LaCapra

Defying comprehension, the tragic history of the Holocaust has been alternately repressed and canonized in postmodern Western culture. Recently our...

The relations between memory and history have recently become a subject of contention, and the implications of that debate are particularly troubli...

In History, Literature, Critical Theory, Dominick LaCapra continues his exploration of the complex relations between history and literature, here c...

The relations between memory and history have recently become a subject of contention, and the implications of that debate are particularly troubli...

Although history was once considered a component of the study of literature, the two fields have grown steadily apart since the sixteenth century. ...

Although history was once considered a component of the study of literature, the two fields have grown steadily apart since the sixteenth century. ...

"LaCapra offers an intriguing collection of essays to support both his enthusiasm for intellectual history... and his concern about the 'excesses' ...

"LaCapra offers an intriguing collection of essays to support both his enthusiasm for intellectual history... and his concern about the 'excesses' ...

Dominick LaCapra calls for a new view of intellectual history—one that will revitalize the importance of reading and interpreting significant texts...

History in Transit comprises Dominick LaCapra's explorations of relationships he believes have been insufficiently theorized: between experience an...

In 1857, following the publication of Madame Bovary, Flaubert was charged with having committed an "outrage to public morality and religion." Domin...

In History, Literature, Critical Theory, Dominick LaCapra continues his exploration of the complex relations between history and literature, here c...

In this study Dominick LaCapra addresses the ongoing concern with the application of theory - namely that of literary studies and linguistics - to ...

In this study Dominick LaCapra addresses the ongoing concern with the application of theory - namely that of literary studies and linguistics - to ...