LEADER 04041nam 22006615 450 001 9910616383003321 005 20251009103242.0 010 $a9783031123948$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031123931 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-12394-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7108961 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7108961 035 $a(CKB)25087706500041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-12394-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925087706500041 100 $a20221010d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHolocaust Fiction and the Question of Impiety /$fby David John Dickson 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (266 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Dickson, David John Holocaust Fiction and the Question of Impiety Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031123931 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. Holocaust Synecdoche: Surrendering to the Simplifying Impulse -- 3. Second-Generation Fiction and the Legacy of the Hinge Generation -- 4. Visualising the Holocaust: Landmarks, Photographs and Post-Memory -- 5. Contemporary Fiction and Embodied Experience: Feeling the Holocaust -- 6. Between Irreverence and Impiety: Laying the Foundations for a Rosean Approach to Holocaust Representation -- 7. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book discusses the issues underlying contemporary Holocaust fiction. Using Gillian Rose?s theory of Holocaust piety, it argues that, rather than enhancing our understanding of the Holocaust, contemporary fiction has instead become overly focused on gratuitous representations of bodies in pain. The book begins by discussing the locations and imagery which have come to define our understanding of the Holocaust, before then highlighting how this gradual simplification has led to an increasing sense of emotional distance from the historical past. Holocaust fiction, the book argues, attempts to close this emotional and temporal distance by creating an emotional connection to bodies in pain. Using different concepts relating to embodied experience ? from Sonia Kruks? notion of feeling-with to Alison Landsberg?s prosthetic memory ? the book analyses several key examples of Holocaust literature and film to establish whether fiction still possesses the capacity to approach the Holocaust impiously. David John Dickson is a literature specialist, focusing on fiction relating to the Holocaust. He has previously published papers relating to the ethical representation of the Holocaust past ? from Heather Morris?s presentation of gendered suffering, to the fictional representation of death in the gas chamber. He also has an interest in the history of the Jewish ghetto police, and has published a paper relating to the confessional diary of Calel Perechodnik. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945 606 $aEurope$xHistory 606 $aHistory, Modern 606 $aCivilization$xHistory 606 $aCollective memory 606 $aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust 606 $aEuropean History 606 $aModern History 606 $aCultural History 606 $aMemory Studies 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945. 615 0$aEurope$xHistory. 615 0$aHistory, Modern. 615 0$aCivilization$xHistory. 615 0$aCollective memory. 615 14$aHistory of World War II and the Holocaust. 615 24$aEuropean History. 615 24$aModern History. 615 24$aCultural History. 615 24$aMemory Studies. 676 $a306.85 676 $a809.93358405318 700 $aDickson$b David John$01262310 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910616383003321 996 $aHolocaust Fiction and the Question of Impiety$92950576 997 $aUNINA