Magic Realism in Holocaust Literature - Troping the Traumatic Real

Zusatztext 'This original and timely study adds a new dimension to our understanding of Holocaust writing. In her focus on magical realism! Adams offers fresh insights into a genre that has developed into one of the most important forms of literary response to the Nazi period.' - Dr. Matthew Boswell! Lecturer in English! University of Salford! UK Informationen zum Autor JENNI ADAMS is Lecturer in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research addresses the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in Holocaust fiction. Klappentext A major contribution to Holocaust studies, the book examines the capacity of supernatural elements to dramatize the ethical and representational difficulties of Holocaust fiction. Exploring texts by such writers as D.M. Thomas and Markus Zusak it will appeal to scholars and students of Holocaust literature, magic realism, and contemporary fiction. Zusammenfassung A major contribution to Holocaust studies! the book examines the capacity of supernatural elements to dramatize the ethical and representational difficulties of Holocaust fiction. Exploring texts by such writers as D.M. Thomas and Markus Zusak it will appeal to scholars and students of Holocaust literature! magic realism! and contemporary fiction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements The Dream of the End of the World Magic Realism and Dialogic Post-memory Trauma and the Grotesque Body The Light of Dead Stars 'Into Eternity's Certain Breadth' Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements The Dream of the End of the World Magic Realism and Dialogic Post-memory Trauma and the Grotesque Body The Light of Dead Stars 'Into Eternity's Certain Breadth' Conclusion Bibliography Index

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'This original and timely study adds a new dimension to our understanding of Holocaust writing. In her focus on magical realism, Adams offers fresh insights into a genre that has developed into one of the most important forms of literary response to the Nazi period.' - Dr. Matthew Boswell, Lecturer in English, University of Salford, UK

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• Authors: J Adams, J. Adams, Jenni Adams, ADAMS JENNI
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2011
• EAN: 9780230280298
• ISBN: 978-0-230-28029-8
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, Second World War, Literary theory, Culture—Study and teaching, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, World War, 1939-1945, History of World War II and the Holocaust, drama;fiction;Holocaust;realism