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Fictional representations of horrific events run the risk of undercutting efforts to verify historical knowledge and may heighten our ability to respond intellectually and ethically to human experiences of devastation. In this captivating study of the epistemological, psychological, and ethical issu...

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Main Author: Budick, E. Miller (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Förintelsen i litteraturen.
Judenvernichtung > Motiv
Literatur
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la litterature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Fictional representations of horrific events run the risk of undercutting efforts to verify historical knowledge and may heighten our ability to respond intellectually and ethically to human experiences of devastation. In this captivating study of the epistemological, psychological, and ethical issues underlying Holocaust fiction, Emily Miller Budick examines the subjective experiences of fantasy, projection, and repression manifested in Holocaust fiction and in the reader's encounter with it. Considering works by Cynthia Ozick, Art Spiegelman, Aharon Appelfeld, Michael Chabon, and others, Budick investigates how the reading subject makes sense of these fictionalized presentations of memory and trauma, victims and victimizers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (266 pages).
ISBN:9780253016324

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