Writing and rewriting the Holocaust : narrative and the consequences of interpretation / James E. Young. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, James Edward.

Series:

Midland book ; MB 613

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Historiography.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives--History and criticism.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 243 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A carefully prepared historiographical work interprets the meaning of Holocaust literature as it examines the perpetuation of Holocaust memory and understanding in several forms of media studied ... Includes an extensive bibliography of works.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

On reading holocaust diaries and memoirs

From witness to legend: tales of the Holocaust

Holocaust documentary fiction: novelist as eyewitness

Documentary theater, ideology, and the rhetoric of fact

Names of the Holocaust: meaning and consequences

The Holocaust becomes an archetype

The Holocaust confessions of Sylvia Plath

When soldier-poets remember the Holocaust: antiwar poetry in Israel

Holocaust video and cinemagraphic testimony: documenting the witness

The texture of memory: Holocaust memorials and meaning.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [207]-235.

ISBN:

0-585-21159-0