Writing History, Writing Trauma

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by  Dominick LaCapra

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Contents
Preface 20I4 tX
Preface to Etdhiet iFoinr st XXtX
I WritHiinsgt Worriyt,Ti rnagu ma I
2 Trauma, LAbossesn ce, 43
3 Holocaust Testimonies:
Attentdoti hnViegc tiVmo'isc e 86
4 PerpetarnaVidtc otrism s:
TheG oldhDaegbeanat neBd e yond 114
5 InterfovrYi aeVdwa shQeumn 9e,1 998) 141
6 ConcluWsriiotn(i:an bgoT urta)u ma 181
Index 22I
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Preface
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of deconstrtuucrttniisom anen dat ghaatitona porainad unread­
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