Holocaust drama : the theater of atrocity / Gene A. Plunka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plunka, Gene A., 1949- author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in modern theatre.

Cambridge studies in modern theatre

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Drama.

Theater--History--20th century.

Theater.

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

Atrocities in literature.

Jews in literature.

Memory in literature.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Psychological aspects.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 447 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other 'threats' to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts.

Contents:

Introduction

Staging the banality of evil

Culture and the Holocaust

The Holocaust as literature of the body

Transcending the Holocaust

Marxism and the Holocaust

Aryan responsibility during the Holocaust, I

Aryan responsibility during the Holocaust, II

Heroism and moral responsibility in the ghettoes

Dignity in the concentration camps

Holocaust survivors in the United States and Israel

The survivor syndrome and the effects of the Holocaust on survivor families

Holocaust survivor memory

The Holocaust and collective memory.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-432) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18938-1

0-521-18242-5

1-282-10392-X

9786612103926

0-511-57659-5

0-511-51552-9

0-511-51797-1

0-511-51443-3

0-511-51680-0

OCLC:

609833453