Narrating the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / Andrea Reiter ; translated by Patrick Camiller
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| Autore: |
Reiter Andrea Ilse Maria <1957->
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| Titolo: |
Narrating the Holocaust [[electronic resource] /] / Andrea Reiter ; translated by Patrick Camiller
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Continuum in association with the European Jewish Publication Society, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.93358 |
| Soggetto topico: | Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature | |
| Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Psychological aspects | |
| Nazi concentration camps in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-308) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Communication; 2 Genre; 3 Coming to terms with experience through language; 4 The narrative of lived reality; 5 Text and meaning: from experience to report; 6 Summary; Epilogue: the Holocaust seen through the eyes of children; Notes on the concentration camp authors; Primary sources; Secondary sources; Index of concentration camp authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In this literary study of memoirs describing at first hand the horrors of German concentration camps, the principal question asked is: How did the survivors find the words to talk about experiences hitherto unknown, even unimaginable? Beyond being a mere analysis of discourse, Narrating the Holocaust reflects the situations in camp that triggered these responses, and shows how the professional authors adapted certain literary genres (e.g. the travel story, the Hassidic tale) to serve as models for communication, while the vast majority who were not trained as writers merely used the form of th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Narrating the Holocaust |
| ISBN: | 1-281-29452-7 |
| 9786611294526 | |
| 1-84714-422-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910458426303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Continuum Collection