02967nam 2200565 a 450 991045125550332120200520144314.01-280-90885-897866109088510-313-01715-8(CKB)1000000000444126(EBL)495232(OCoLC)57414393(SSID)ssj0000252814(PQKBManifestationID)11220688(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252814(PQKBWorkID)10179991(PQKB)11717257(MiAaPQ)EBC495232(Au-PeEL)EBL495232(CaPaEBR)ebr10347814(CaONFJC)MIL90885(EXLCZ)99100000000044412620030327d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStudent companion to Elie Wiesel[electronic resource] /Sanford SternlichtWestport, Conn. Greenwood Press20031 online resource (150 p.)Student companions to classic writers,1522-7979Description based upon print version of record.0-313-32530-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-133) and index.Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART I: BACKGROUNDS; 1 The Life of Elie Wiesel; 2 Elie Wiesel's Literary Heritage and Background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the Great Jewish Books, and the Western Literary Tradition; PART II: THE HOLOCAUST NARRATIVES; 3 Night (1958); 4 Dawn (1961); 5 The Accident (1962); 6 The Town beyond the Wall (1964); 7 The Gates of the Forest (1964); PART III: AFTER THE HOLOCAUST: HOPE AND DESPAIR; 8 A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970); 9 The Oath (1973)10 Later Novels: The Testament (1981), The Fifth Son (1985), The Forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The Judges (2002)11 Selected Nonfiction; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; ZSince it was written nearly 50 years ago, Night (1958) has changed world perception of the Holocaust experience. Wiesel's oeuvre, including Holocaust narratives such as Dawn (1961), novels, essays, tales, and plays, has also altered the critical and aesthetic landscape through which we view literature, placing themes of religious identity, hope, survival, devotion to family, and humanity ahead of distinctions of fiction and nonfiction. This volume offers critical analysis of all of Wiesel's major writings, with full chapters on Night, Dawn, The Oath, and four other full-length works. His mostStudent companions to classic writers.Electronic books.813/.54Sternlicht Sanford1931-174830MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451255503321Student companion to Elie Wiesel2187452UNINA