Imagining the Holocaust (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312233013)

In Imagining the Holocaust, Daniel R. Schwarz examines widely read Holocaust narratives which have shaped the way we understand and respond to the events of that time. He begins with first person narratives-- Wiesel's Night and Levi's Survival at Auschwitz --and then turns to searingly realistic fictions such as Borowski's This Way to the Gas Chamber, Ladies and Gentlemen, before turning to the Kafkaesque parables of Appelfeld and the fantastic cartoons of Spiegleman's Maus books. Schwarz argues that as we move further away from the original events, the narratives authors use to render the Holocaust horror evolve to include fantasy and parable, and he shows how diverse audiences respond differently to these highly charged and emotional texts.

Author: Daniel R. Schwarz
ISBN-10: 0312233019
ISBN-13: 9780312233013
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 12/15/2000
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d