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Trauma and guilt : literature of wartime bombing in Germany / Susanne Vees-Gulani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vees-Gulani, Susanne, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations.
- World War, 1939-1945--Psychological aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
- Psychic trauma in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyzes postwar literary works on large area bombings of German cities both in the context of trauma theory and questions of guilt and shame about Germany's Nazi past, embedding the recent debate surrounding the air war of World War II and its influence on German culture in a broader historical, societal, and psychological context.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Trauma and Its Consequences
- Confronting the Past? The Role of Guilt and Shame in Postwar Germany
- The View from Within: The Air War in German Writing
- A Welcome Catastrophe: Jewish-German Voices
- International Reactions to the Bombings
- Conclusion
- Back matter
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612195693
- 9781282195691
- 1282195697
- 9783110202038
- 3110202034
- OCLC:
- 213306128
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