Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Social Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
5,3 (1999) 67-81
Keywords:
Steiner, George,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
;
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Abstract:
Steiner is split between interest in Western culture and suspicion of it for its complicity in mass murder. His collection of stories "Anno Domini" includes characters who are attracted and repelled by the horrors of the war they had escaped. The protagonist of "Cake" opposed and feared the Nazis but also had antisemitic attitudes. The story's dialogue encapsulates Steiner's philosophy of antisemitism, which is elaborated in "In Bluebeard's Castle." In the late 1970s, when the Holocaust had become an explicit subject for fictional works, Steiner published "The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H., " which describes a search for Hitler in South America. This work relates to the effect of the Holocaust on the modern world. Mentions Steiner's preoccupation with Heidegger and his sympathy, expressed in his autobiography "Errata: An Examined Life, " with apologists for antisemitism and Nazism.
Note:
Appeared also in "The Holocaust and the Text" (2000).
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