| Description |
1 online resource (215 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; 1. Memory's Time: Chronology and Duration in Holocaust Testimonies; 2. Beyond Theodicy: Jewish Victims and the Holocaust; 3. A Tainted Legacy: Remembering the Warsaw Ghetto; 4. Ghetto Chronicles: Life at the Brink; 5. Cultural Resistance to Genocide; 6. Understanding Atrocity: Killers and Victims in the Holocaust; 7. Fictional Facts and Factual Fictions: History in Holocaust Literature; 8. The Literature of Auschwitz; 9. Kafka as Holocaust Prophet: A Dissenting View; 10. Aharon Appelfeld and the Language of Sinister Silence |
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11. Myth and Truth in Cynthia Ozick's "The Shawl" and "Rosa"12. Malamud's Jews and the Holocaust Experience; 13. The Americanization of the Holocaust on Stage and Screen; 14. What More Can Be Said About the Holocaust?; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
| Summary |
A collection of Langer's essays which represent his efforts to see the Holocaust as it really was. The essays examine the ways in which accounts of the Holocaust - in history, literature, film and theology - have extended and sometimes limited our insight into this event |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Historiography.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
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Historiography
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Warfare and Defence.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198025399 |
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0198025394 |
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0195355547 |
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9780195355543 |
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1429401559 |
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9781429401555 |
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