03366nam 22007573u 450 991045353040332120210108143537.01-78138-790-71-84631-425-9(CKB)1000000000541227(EBL)380730(OCoLC)476209888(SSID)ssj0000071297(PQKBManifestationID)11110097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000071297(PQKBWorkID)10090214(PQKB)11030607(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127390(UkCbUP)CR9781781387900(MiAaPQ)EBC380730(EXLCZ)99100000000054122720130418d2001|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrTony Harrison and the Holocaust[electronic resource]Liverpool :Liverpool University Press,2001.1 online resource (336 p.)Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 39 ;v.v.39Description based upon print version of record.0-85323-506-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Cinema, Masturbation and Peter Pan: A Non-Victim Approach to the Holocaust; 2: Amorous Discourse and 'Bolts of Annihilation' in the American Poems; 3: Mourning and Annihilation in the Family Sonnets; 4: The Fragility of Memory; 5: Culture/Barbarism Dialectics in Harrison's Poetry; Bibliography; IndexThis book argues that Tony Harrison's poetry is barbaric. It revisits one of the most misquoted passages of twentieth-century philosophy: Theodor Adorno's apparent dismissal of post-Holocaust poetry as 'impossible' or 'barbaric'. His statement is reinterpreted as opening up the possibility that the awkward and embarrassing poetics of writers such as Harrison might be re-evaluated as committed responses to the worst horrors of twentieth-century history. Most of the existing critical work on Harrison focuses on his representation of class, which occludes his interest in other aspects of historioLiverpool English Texts and Studies, 39Harrison, TonyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literatureWorld War, 1939-1945Literature and the warHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literatureHistory and criticismWar poetry, EnglishWar in literatureEnglishHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCEnglish LiteratureHILCCElectronic books.Harrison, Tony.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.World War, 1939-1945Literature and the warHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literatureHistory and criticismWar poetry, EnglishWar in literatureEnglishLanguages & LiteraturesEnglish Literature821.914821/.914Rowland Anthony1034437AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910453530403321Tony Harrison and the Holocaust2453588UNINA