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Voicing the void : muteness and memory in Holocaust fiction / Sara R. Horowitz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horowitz, Sara R., 1951-
- Series:
- SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
- SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
- Jewish fiction--History and criticism.
- Jewish fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explores the connections between muteness and the complicated acts of survival, testimony, memory, and interpretation, through focused readings of Holocaust fiction by Kosinski, Wiesel, Tournier, Ida Fink, and others.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Front Cover
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table Of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- The Idea of Fiction
- The Figure of Muteness
- Voices from the Killing Ground
- The Mute Language of Brutality
- The Reluctant Witness
- Muted Chords
- The Night Side of Speech
- Refused Memory
- The Chain of Testimony
- Back Matter
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438407074
- 1438407076
- OCLC:
- 42855116
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