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Imagining the unimaginable : speculative fiction and the Holocaust / Glyn Morgan.
Van Pelt Library PS374.H56 M67 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morgan, Glyn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
- Speculative fiction, American--20th century--History and criticism.
- Speculative fiction, American.
- Speculative fiction, English--20th century--History and criticism.
- Speculative fiction, English.
- Speculative fiction, American--21st century--History and criticism.
- Speculative fiction, English--21st century--History and criticism.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Literary criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
- Summary:
- "A detailed examination of the phenomenon of speculative fiction relating to the Holocaust and an analysis of key works in the genre." Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Fictionalizing the Holocaust
- Precursors and early texts: Swastika Night (1937) and the myth of silence
- Problematizing history: The Man in the High Castle (1962), Fatherland (1992) and Making History (1996)
- The damned and the saved: The Boys from Brazil (1976), The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. (1981), Hope: A Tragedy (2012) and The Yiddish Policeman's Union (2007)
- Reimagining Horror: The Plot Against America (2004), Farthing (2006), A Man Lies Dreaming (2014) and J (2014)
- Epilogue: Further fabulation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Morgan, Glyn, Imagining the unimaginable
- ISBN:
- 9781501350542
- 1501350544
- OCLC:
- 1091845436
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