trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
TitelThe trauma of history in 'The gates of the forest'
Auteur
Call number813.54/0162
Objectnummer08597m
Plaats van uitgaveBloomington, Indiana, United States
UitgeverIndiana University Press.
Jaar van uitgave
2013
Pagina'spp146-159
MateriaalArtikel
ReeksJewish literature and culture
ISBN9780253008053
NotesArticle from the book 'Elie Wiesel, Jewish, literary, and moral perspectives.' pp146-159
Beschrijving
The author discusses Wiesel's novel, 'The Gates of the Forest' and how it speaks to the impossibility of language to represent trauma at the same time that it insists upon the endurance of individual and collective voices to put history on trial.