The language of silence : West German literature and the Holocaust
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The language of silence : West German literature and the Holocaust
Routledge, 1999
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Bibliography: p. [262]-272
Includes index
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ISBN 9780415922197
Description
Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the Holocaust and its impact on postwar West German society. Exploring postwar literature as the barometer of Germany's unconsciously held values as well as of its professed conscience, Ernestine Schlant demonstrates that the confrontation with the Holocaust has shifted over the decades from repression, circumvention, and omission to an open acknowledgement of the crimes. Yet even today a 'language of silence' remains since the victims and their suffering are still overlooked and ignored. Learned and exacting, Schlant's study makes an important contribution to our understanding of postwar German culture.
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: pbk ISBN 9780415922203
Description
Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the Holocaust and its impact on postwar West German society. Exploring postwar literature as the barometer of Germany's unconsciously held values as well as of its professed conscience, Ernestine Schlant demonstrates that the confrontation with the Holocaust has shifted over the decades from repression, circumvention, and omission to an open acknowledgement of the crimes. Yet even today a 'language of silence' remains since the victims and their suffering are still overlooked and ignored. Learned and exacting, Schlant's study makes an important contribution to our understanding of postwar German culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. The First Postwar Decade Heinrich Boell Wolfgang Koeppen 2. Documentary Literature Alexander Kluge Gunter Grass 3. Autobiographical Novels Generational Discord 4. Autobiographical Novels Hans-Josef Ortheil 5. The War on the Eastern Front Hermann Lenz 6. Ruptures and Displacements Gert Hofmann 7. Restitution of Personal Identity? Alfred Andersch Peter Hartling Gert Hofmann 8. Speeches and Controversies 9. Post-Unification Bernhard Schlink Peter Schneider W. G. Sebald Conclusion The Jewish Presence in Germany The Institutionalization of the Holocaust
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