Utopian space of a nightmare: The Diary of Anne Frank
TitleThe Utopian space of a nightmare: The Diary of Anne Frank
Author
Call number809.93358/0011
Object number04191h
Place of publicationPhiladelphia, Pennyslvania, United States
PublisherChelsea House Publications
Year of publication
2004
Physical descriptionpp153-169
MaterialArticle
Series titleBloom's Period Studies
ISBN0791076776
NotesArticle from the book 'Literature of the Holocaust' pp153-169
Description
Using the Diary of Anne Frank as an example, this article explains how a person could depict good, too-good-to-be-true, while coping with evil, too evil-to-comprehend. Detailing a utopia while being threatened by an ever-encroaching dystopia may mean spiritual survival to a victim of the Holocaust