Disappearing traces : Holocaust testimonials, ethics, and aesthetics /

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In this book, the author examines the tensions between the ethical and aesthetic imperatives in literary, artistic, and philosophical works about the Holocaust, in a search for new ways to understand the traumatic past and its impact on the present. She engages with the work of leading 20th-century...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Glowacka, Dorota, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2012]
Series:Stephen S. Weinstein series in post-Holocaust studies.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Art > Moral and ethical aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Personal narratives > History and criticism.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Aspect moral.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Récits personnels > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > Holocaust.
Art > Moral and ethical aspects
Ethics
History & Archaeology.
History - General.
Personal narratives
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : disappearing traces : Holocaust testimonials between ethics and aesthetics
  • "Like an echo without a source" : subjectivity as witnessing and the Holocaust narrative
  • The tower of Babel : Holocaust testimonials and the ethics of translation
  • Lending an ear to the silence phrase : Holocaust writing of the Differend
  • Poethics of disappearing traces : Levinas, literary testimony, and Holocaust art
  • Witnesses against themselves : encounters with daughters of absence
  • Epilogue : "To write another book about the Holocaust...".

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