Narrating the Holocaust / / Andrea Reiter ; translated by Patrick Camiller.
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
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| Körperschaft | |
| Institution | European Jewish Publications Society. |
| Ort, Verlag, Jahr |
London ; New York
: Continuum in association with the European Jewish Publication Society
, 2000
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| Umfang | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
| ISBN | 9786611294526 9781281294524 1281294527 9781847144225 1847144225 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Zusatzinfo | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Zusatzinfo | 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 |
| Zusatzinfo | English |
| Serie/Reihe | Continuum Collection |
| Online-Zugang | EBSCO EBS 2025 |
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