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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783100403321

Autore

Plunka Gene A. <1949->

Titolo

Holocaust drama : the theater of atrocity / / Gene A. Plunka [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-107-18938-1

0-521-18242-5

1-282-10392-X

9786612103926

0-511-57659-5

0-511-51552-9

0-511-51797-1

0-511-51443-3

0-511-51680-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 447 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in modern theatre

Disciplina

809.2/9358

Soggetti

Drama - 20th century - History and criticism

Theater - History - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature

Atrocities in literature

Jews in literature

Memory in literature

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-432) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Staging the banality of evil -- Culture and the Holocaust -- The Holocaust as literature of the body -- Transcending the Holocaust -- Marxism and the Holocaust -- Aryan responsibility during the Holocaust, I -- Aryan responsibility during the Holocaust, II -- Heroism and moral responsibility in the ghettoes -- Dignity in the concentration camps -- Holocaust survivors in the United States and Israel -- The survivor syndrome and the effects of the Holocaust on survivor families -- Holocaust survivor memory -- The Holocaust and



collective memory.

Sommario/riassunto

The Holocaust - the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other 'threats' to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 - has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theatre of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analyses of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts.