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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828723203321

Autore

Horowitz Sara R

Titolo

SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture : Voicing the Void : Muteness and Memory in Holocaust Fiction [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, NY, USA, : State University of New York Press, 19970201

State University of New York Press

ISBN

1-4384-0707-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture Voicing the void

Disciplina

808.83/9358

Soggetti

HISTORY

Holocaust

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature - History and criticism

Jewish fiction

Literature - General

Languages & Literatures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- The Idea of Fiction -- The Figure of Muteness -- Voices from the Killing Ground -- The Mute Language of Brutality -- The Reluctant Witness -- Muted Chords -- The Night Side of Speech -- Refused Memory -- The Chain of Testimony -- Back Matter -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Explores the connections between muteness and the complicated acts of survival, testimony, memory, and interpretation, through focused readings of Holocaust fiction by Kosinski, Wiesel, Tournier, Ida Fink, and others.