Literature of the Holocaust - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107008654 ISBN 13: 9781107008656

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

This volume features essays on writing from the period of the Holocaust (1939-1945) as well as from its aftermath. The essays cover a wide geographic, linguistic, thematic and generic range of relevant material. Such a volume is warranted for several reasons. First, at the present juncture, the corpus of Holocaust literature has grown to immense proportions (indeed, it was formidable even during the war period). Students and teachers seek guidance in determining a canon of essential readings, a context to interpret them, and a paradigm for the evolution of writing on the Holocaust. Second, many readers lack the skills to negotiate the writings in the original languages, and need help in understanding how language (especially but not only Yiddish and Hebrew) is important to the literary response.

About this title

Book Description:

Literature of the Holocaust speaks to students, teachers, and the general reader as well as scholars. It gives them a fascinating overview of literature from the period of the Holocaust and its aftermath.

About the Author:

Alan Rosen was a research fellow of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah from 2006 to 2009 and now lectures regularly on Holocaust Literature at Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies and other Holocaust study centers. Rosen is the author of Approaches to Teaching Wiesel's Night (2007), Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism and the Problem of English (2008) and The Wonder of their Voices: The 1946 Holocaust Interviews of David Boder (2010).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107008654
• ISBN 13: 9781107008656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 324
• Editor: Rosen Alan