The resonance of dust : essays on holocaust literature and Jewish fate

The resonance of dust : essays on holocaust literature and Jewish fate /

Providing a literary criticism of Holocaust literature, the author recognizes the inherent inability to answer many questions concerning the Holocaust. he recognizes that despite basic shortcomings in such works ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexander, Edward, 1936-
Corporate Author: Mazal Holocaust Collection
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©1979.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1939-1977
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Israeli literature > History and criticism.
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Jews > United States > Intellectual life.
Yiddish literature > History and criticism.
Judaism and literature.
Jews in literature.
Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature.
Littérature israélienne > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique.
Littérature yiddish > Histoire et critique.
Juifs > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Judaïsme et littérature.
Juifs dans la littérature.
American literature > Jewish authors.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
Israeli literature.
Jews > Intellectual life.
Yiddish literature.
Judenvernichtung
Literatur
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Historiography.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • ch. 1. The incredibility of the Holocaust
  • ch. 2. Holocaust and rebirth: Moshe Flinker, Nelly Sachs, and Abba Kovner
  • ch. 3. Between diaspora and Zion: Israeli Holocaust fiction
  • ch. 4. The Holocaust in American Jewish fiction: a slow awakening
  • ch. 5. The destruction and resurrection of the Jews in the fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • ch. 6. Saul Bellow: a Jewish farewell to the Enlightenment
  • ch. 7. The Holocaust and the God of Israel
  • ch. 8. A dialogue of the mind with itself: Chaim Grade's quarrel with Hersh Rasseyner.

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