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TitleLot's wife and "A plea for the dead": commemoration, memory and shame

Author

Nancy Harrowitz

Call number813.54/0162

Object number08597i

Place of publicationBloomington, Indiana, United States

PublisherIndiana University Press.

Year of publication

2013

Physical descriptionpp103-112

MaterialArticle

Series titleJewish literature and culture

ISBN9780253008053

NotesArticle from the book 'Elie Wiesel, Jewish, literary, and moral perspectives.' pp103-112

Description

Discusses Wiesel's recurring references to Lot's wife in his texts as a symbol of the need to examine the ramifications of looking at the past and involve oneself in history. Harrowitz agrees that by refusing to cover up by running and not looking, Lot's wife provides an ethical female role model that exemplifies the challenge of representing the Holocaust in the future.

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