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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451132703321

Autore

Schlant Ernestine

Titolo

The language of silence : West German literature and the Holocaust / / Ernestine Schlant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1999

ISBN

1-135-96181-6

1-135-96182-4

1-280-05159-0

0-203-01009-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

830.9/358

Soggetti

German literature - 20th century - History and criticism

German literature - Germany (West) - History and criticism

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; one The First Postwar Decade; two Documentary Literature; three Autobiographical Novels; four Autobiographical Novels; five The War on the Eastern Front; six Ruptures and Displacements; seven Restitution of Personal Identity?; eight Speeches and Controversies; nine Post-Unification; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the holocaust and its impact on post-war German society.