Poetry and Truth

Variations on Holocaust Testimony

von Jerry Schuchalter

298 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The 1990s saw the appearance of many new works that have redefined and embellished the canon of Holocaust literature. While many of these works have quickly become classics, some have raised new questions about the processes of canonicity. This study concentrates particularly on works in German by Jewish Holocaust survivors written and published approximately fifty years after the fateful cataclysm, focusing on such crucial issues as genre and testimony. Despite the long shadow cast by the Holocaust on subsequent generations, the author shows that narratives on the Holocaust have continued to thrive, offering inventive interpretations of questions that have been thought to defy explanation.

• Reihe: German Life and Civilization
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein 1900 bis 2000
• ISBN: 9783039118571
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.03.2009
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers