Preempting the Holocaust / Lawrence L. Langer.
Preempting the Holocaust / Lawrence L. Langer.
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1998.
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N809.93358/15
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 207 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Preempting the Holocaust -- 2. Legacy in Gray: The Ordeal of Primo Levi -- 3. Gendered Suffering: Women in Holocaust Testimonies -- 4. The Alarmed Vision: Social Suffering and Holocaust Atrocity -- 5. Landscapes of Jewish Experience: The Holocaust Art of Samuel Bak -- 6. Two Holocaust Voices: Cyn...
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Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1998.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1998.
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Summary
Lawrence L. Langer, perhaps the most important literary critic of the Holocaust, here explores the use of Holocaust themes in literature, memoirs, film, and painting. Langer focuses his attention on a variety of controversial issues: the attempt of a number of commentators to appropriate the subject of the Holocaust for private moral agendas; the o...
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Preempting the Holocaust / Lawrence L. Langer.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207).
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c1998.
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N809.93358/15
Record Identifier
74VvEOR234eX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEOR234eX
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0300073577 :
9780300073577
0300073577
9780300073577 :
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809.93358
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991011606089702626
