Download or read book Trauma, Transcendence, and Trust written by T. Brennan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Brennan 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 traumatized moment and weighs two potential responses - the fantasy of transcendence and the ethic of trust.