Description |
1 online resource (viii, 270 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
First postwar decade: Heinrich Boll, Wolfgang Koeppen -- Documentary literature: Alexander Kluge, Gunter Grass -- Autobiographical novels: generational discord -- Autobiographical novels: Hanns-Josef Ortheil -- War on the Eastern front: Hermann Lenz -- Ruptures and displacements: Gert Hofmann -- Restitution of personal identity?: Alfred Andersch, Peter Hurtling, Gert Hofmann -- Speeches and controversies -- Post-unification: Bernhard Schlink, Peter Schneider, W.G. Sebald. |
Summary |
Examines the writings of non-Jewish West German novelists from 1949 to 1990 to explore how West Germans remember the Holocaust and handle the burden of guilt associated with it. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) |
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German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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German literature. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
German literature -- Germany (West) -- History and criticism.
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Germany (West) |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature. |
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Judaism and literature -- Germany (West)
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Judaism and literature. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Schlant, Ernestine. Language of silence 0415922194 (DLC) 98041108 |
ISBN |
9780415922197 |
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9781135961817 electronic book |
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1135961816 electronic book |
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