The Holocaust novel / Efraim Sicher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sicher, Efraim.

Series:

Genres in context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.

Fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xxix, 261 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2005.

Summary:

In The Holocaust Novel, Efraim Sicher surveys a major postwar literary genre in which boundaries are often blurred between history, fiction, autobiography, and memoir. Identifying significant theoretical and critical contributions to the field, Sicher presents an engaging historical overview of Holocaust writing and provides close readings of crucial texts including Night, Maus, The Shawl, Schindler's List, Sophie's Choice, White Noise, and Time's Arrow. This student-friendly volume includes: Historical and generic overview, Chronology, In-depth analyses of the works of major authors including Elie Wiesel, Aharon Appelfeld, Primo Levi, Art Spiegelman, Cynthia Ozick, Thomas Keneally, William Styron, Don Dellilo, and Martin Amis, Recommended reading.

Contents:

Chapter 1 About the Holocaust Novel 1

Chapter 2 Survivors: "If It Is a Novel, It Is Not About Majdanek..." 53

Chapter 3 The Jewish American Post-Holocaust Novel: Imagining the Unimaginable 89

Chapter 4 Holocaust Fictions, or Fictional Holocausts 111

Chapter 5 The "Second Generation": The Vicarious Witness 133

Chapter 6 Postmodernist "holocausts" 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-250) and index.

ISBN:

0415967961

041596797X

OCLC:

58546872