Jonah Siegel is Distinguished Professor of English at Rutgers University. He is the author, most recently, of Material Inspirations: The Interests of the Art Object in the Nineteenth Century and After (2020).
"In its aesthetic reach and ethical pressure, Overlooking Damage is
dazzling and dizzying by turns. By the end you don't know whether
the hum you hear is the music of the spheres or the wild spinning
of your own moral compass."—Elaine Scarry, Harvard University
"With extraordinary erudition, Siegel acts as an archaeologist of
our cultural imaginary of ruin itself. Overlooking Damage asks us
to meditate on how art and culture thrive on the destruction of
worlds."—Dominique Poulot, University of Paris 1
Panthéon-Sorbonne
"Overlooking Damage is a tour de force. This is a book we'll be
reading and wrestling with for years to come."—Paul Saint-Amour,
University of Pennsylvania
"Ultimately, Siegel's intent is to look to 18th- and 19th-century
reactions to art and loss to identify resources that will help
readers comprehend contemporary situations. As aghast as viewers
may be by the destruction of antiquities, Siegel reminds readers
that contemplation of damage can also lead to aesthetic and moral
insight. Highly recommended."—L. A. Wilkinson, CHOICE
"In a moment of facile 'moralizing absolutes,' this is what the
best of scholarship can do—confound, frustrate, thwart, all the
while insisting we move forward."—Natalie Prizel, Victorian Studies
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