Language:
English
Year of publication:
2004
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Culture and History
Angaben zur Quelle:
7,3 (2004) 31-52
Keywords:
Boder, David P.
;
Hersey, John,
;
Chatterton, Ruth.
;
Michaels, Anne,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
Abstract:
An earlier version of the article was presented at a seminar held at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, in June 2000. Examines the special status of the English language in representing the Holocaust. Discusses the works of three authors who wrote in the late 1940s - David Boder's interviews with survivors, John Hersey's novel "The Wall", and Ruth Chatterton's novel "Homeward Borne". These writers evoke anxiety in writing about the Holocaust in English. Contrasts their works with Anne Michaels' "Fugitive Pieces", where one finds a celebration of English as a language of the Holocaust. Contends that attention to the specific role of a language in representing the Holocaust points to a multilingual approach to language and the Holocaust.
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