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Trauma, Transcendence, and Trust: Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Eliot Thinking Loss (Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters)
Trauma Transcendence and Trust Wordsworth Tennyson and Eliot Thinking Loss - Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters Author:Thomas Brennan In the wake of psychoanalysis and the birth of therapy, trauma is a powerful concept in twenty-first century culture. Thomas J. Brennan, S.J. finds roots of the "sensibility of trauma" by returning to the work of Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Eliot. By reading these poets of mourning through the framework of trauma, Brennan reflects on our traumat... more »ized moment and weighs two potential responsesthe fantasy of transcendence and the ethic of trust.« less