Sounds of defiance : the Holocaust, multilingualism, and the problem of English / Alan Rosen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosen, Alan (Alan Charles), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

English language--Spoken English.

English language.

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

Speech in literature.

English language--Social aspects.

English language--Style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 248 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2005]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Language has frequently been at the center of discussions about Holocaust writing. Yet English, a primary language of neither the persecutors nor the victims, has generally been viewed as marginal to the events of the Holocaust. Alan Rosen argues that this marginal status profoundly affects writing on the Holocaust in English and fundamentally shapes our understanding of the events. Sounds of Defiance chronicles the evolving status of English in writing about the Holocaust, from the Second World War to the 1990s." "Each chapter highlights a representative work from a different genre - psychology, sociology, memoir, tales, fiction, and film - and examines the special position of English with regard to the Holocaust, supported by references to the role of other languages, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and German."--Jacket.

Contents:

Evidence of trauma : English as perplexity in David Boder's Topical autobiographies

An entirely different culture : English as translation in John Hersey's The wall

What does he speak?: English as mastery in Ruth Chatterton's Homeward borne

Please speak English : babbling in Philip Roth's "Eli, the fanatic"

From law to outlaw : borrowed English in Edward Wallant's The pawnbroker

Law's languages : Hannah Arendt's mother and other tongues

Say "good boy" : legitimizing English in Sidney Lumet's The pawnbroker

Cracking her teeth : broken English in Cynthia Ozick's fiction and essays

The language of dollars : English as intruder in Yaffa Eliach's Hasidic tales of the Holocaust

The language of survival : English as metaphor in Art Spiegelman's Maus

Eaten away by silence : English as elegy in Anne Michaels's Fugitive pieces.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610424160

9781280424168

1280424168

9780803205284

0803205287

OCLC:

1024243319

Publisher Number:

9780803239623

9780803205284