Geoffrey Hartman
Geoffrey Hartman | |
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| Born | Geoffrey H. Hartmann August 11, 1929 Frankfurt, Germany |
| Died | March 14, 2016 (aged 86) Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Queens College, CUNY Yale University |
| Occupation | Literary critic |
| Known for | Yale school, Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies |
Geoffrey H. Hartman (August 11, 1929 – March 14, 2016) was a German-born American literary theorist, sometimes identified with the Yale School of deconstruction, although he cannot be categorised by a single school or method. Hartman spent most of his career in the comparative literature department at Yale University, where he also founded the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies.