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Student companion to Elie Wiesel /

Since it was written nearly 50 years ago, Night (1958) has changed world perception of the Holocaust experience. Wiesel's oeuvre, including Holocaust narratives such as Dawn (1961), novels, essays, tales, and plays, has also altered the critical and aesthetic landscape through which we view lit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sternlicht, Sanford V.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Colección:Student companions to classic writers.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Backgrounds
  • The life of Elie Wiesel
  • Elie Wiesel's literary heritage and background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the great Jewish books, and the Western literary tradition
  • pt. 2. The Holocaust narratives
  • Night (1958)
  • Dawn (1961)
  • The accident (1962)
  • The town beyond the wall (1964)
  • The gates of the forest (1964)
  • pt. 3. After the Holocaust: hope and despair
  • A beggar in Jerusalem (1970)
  • The oath (1973)
  • Later novels: The testament (1981), The fifth son (1985), The forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The judges (2002)
  • Selected nonfiction.