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Reading Etty Hillesum in context : writings, life, and influences of a visionary author / Klaas Smelik, Gerrit Van Oord, Jurjen Wiersma.

Van Pelt Library DS135.N6 H55 2018
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Smelik, K. A. D., 1950- editor.
Oord, Gerrit van, editor.
Wiersma, Jurjen, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hillesum, Etty, 1914-1943.
Hillesum, Etty.
Holocaust victims--Netherlands.
Holocaust victims.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
Jews.
Diaries.
Netherlands.
Jews--Netherlands--Diaries.
Jews--Netherlands--Correspondence.
Physical Description:
524 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2018]
Summary:
The diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) have a special place among the Jewish-Dutch testimonies of the Shoah, so much so that Etty Hillesum studies has become its own field. This book offers the most important contributions from the past fifteen years of international research into Hillesum?s work and life, studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search.
Contents:
1 A Short Biography of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) / Klaas A.D. Smelik Smelik, Klaas A.D. 23
The Diaries
2 To Remember Is to Act 33
From a Bundle of Notebooks to a Worldwide Publication / Klaas A.D. Smelik Smelik, Klaas A.D.
3 Hineinhorchen and Writing 51
The Language Use of Etty Hillesum / Marja Clement Clement, Marja
War and Persecution
4 Etty Hillesum's Choice Not to Go into Hiding / Klaas A.D. Smelik Smelik, Klaas A.D. 81
5 Agency within Nazi Constraints 103
Etty Hillesum and Her Interpretation of the Jewish Fate / Lotte Bergen Bergen, Lotte
6 One Ought to Write a Chronicle of Westerbork / Jurjen Wiersma Wiersma, Jurjen 143
7 The Departure 157
A Reconstruction of the Unexpected Deportation of the Hillesum Family From Camp Westerbork on Tuesday, 7 September 1943 / Gerrit Van Oord Oord, Gerrit Van
Reading and Writers
8 "Aesthetic Mirrors" 183
Etty Hillesum and Rainer Maria Rilke / Meins G.S. Coetsier Coetsier, Meins G.S.
9 "I Keep Being Drawn towards Jung" 227
Good and Evil in the Work of Etty Hillesum and Carl Gustav Jung / Janny van der Molen Molen, Janny van der
10 "To Realize That Life Is Truly Simple" 245
Etty Hillesum and Walther Rathenau / Jurjen Wiersma Wiersma, Jurjen
Family and Friends
11 Romance Down by The River Ijssel 259
The First Meeting between Etty Hillesum and Klaas Smelik Senior / Klaas A.D. Smelik Smelik, Klaas A.D.
12 Etty Hillesum, A Devoted Student of Julius Spier / Alexandra H.M. Nagel Nagel, Alexandra H.M. 273
13 "With You, I Have My Anchorage" 285
Fifteen Letters From Etty Hillesum to Julius Spier / Alexandra Nagel Nagel, Alexandra, Denise de Costa Costa, Denise de
14 "Three Times Yes and a Thousand Fold No!" 303
Julius Spier Writes to Etty Hillesum / Alexandra Nagel Nagel, Alexandra, Ria van den Brandt Brandt, Ria van den 303
Reception of Hillesum's Diaries and Letters
15 Etty Hillesum in Jewish Contexts / Piet Schrijvers Schrijvers, Piet 315
16 From Separation to Communitas Etty Hillesum, A Jewish Perspective / Thalia Gur-Klein Gur-Klein, Thalia 333
17 The Invincible Hope of Christian de Chergé and Etty Hillesum / Yves Bériault Bériault, Yves 361
18 Etty Hillesum 371
Gender, the Modern and the Literature of the Holocaust / Mary Evans Evans, Mary
19 America in The Shade 379
Etty Hillesum As Mediator Between the Cold War Perspectives on the Holocaust / Hans Krabbendam Krabbendam, Hans 379
20 Perceptions of Etty Hillesum in Japan / Yukiko Yokohata Yokohata, Yukiko 395
21 Saint, Cyber Phenomenon, Thinker, or Poet Etty Hillesum in Portugal / Patricia Couto Couto, Patricia 419
22 Bright Orange and Crimson
How a Dutch Dissertation on Etty Hillesum Was Coloured by French Philosophy / Denise de Costa Costa, Denise de 431
23 Ulrich Beck and Etty Hillesum / Klaas A.D. Smelik Smelik, Klaas A.D. 445
24 Loving-Kindness, Hatred, and Moral Indignation 459
Etty Hillesum and Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ordo amoris / Ronald Commers Commers, Ronald
25 A Woman's All-Embracing Search of "the Other" 479
Etty Hillesum as the Basis of a "Pedagogy of Care and Attention" / Anna Aluffi Pentini Pentini, Anna Aluffi.
Notes:
Original publication details for individual chapters: pages 501-504.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Other Format:
Electronic version: 9789048533428
ISBN:
9789462983441
9462983445
OCLC:
1019655474
Publisher Number:
99976963945

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