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The face of exile : autobiographical journeys /
The rise of fascism in Europe created a body of works by authors for whom the choice of exile became the defining event in their lives, autobiographers who recounted terrifying stories of incarceration, fight, survival, and integration into a new culture. In The Face of Exile, Judith Melton offers a...
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Iowa City :
University of Iowa Press,
©1998.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Introduction: The Experience of Exile and the Autobiographical Impulse; Part I: Disrupted Lives; 1. Escape to Life; 2. The Fall of France: Narratives of Escape and Internment; 3. The Persecution and Flight of the Jews: Narratives of Survival; 4. After the War: Coming to Terms with Exile; Part II: Reconstruction; 5. Crossing Boundaries: Theoretical Dimensions of Exile Autobiography; 6. Childhood and the Mystery of Origins; 7. The Intellectual Response; 8. A Personal Mythology; 9. The Currency of Lanugage.