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Publication

2013 - Cambridge University Press, England

Language

English

Word Count

77,500 words, Guess

Page Count

310 pages

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Classifications

  • DDC809/.93358405318
  • LCCPN56.H55 L59 2013

Description

"During and in the aftermath of the dark period of the Holocaust, writers across Europe and America sought to express their feelings and experiences through their writings. This book provides a comprehensive account of these writings through essays from expert scholars, covering a wide geographic, linguistic, thematic and generic range of materials. Such an overview is particularly appropriate at a time when the corpus of Holocaust literature has grown to immense proportions and when guidance is needed in determining a canon of essential readings, a context to interpret them, and a paradigm for the evolution of writing on the Holocaust. The expert contributors to this volume, who negotiate the literature in the original languages, provide insight into the influence of national traditions and the importance of language, especially but not exclusively Yiddish and Hebrew, to the literary response arising from the Holocaust."--Publisher description.

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  • Literature of the HolocaustCambridge University Press2013-01-01

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