storyteller in history: Shoah memory and the idea of the novel
TitelThe storyteller in history: Shoah memory and the idea of the novel
Författare
Call number813.54/0162
Objektnummer08597j
PubliceringsortBloomington, Indiana, United States
UtgivareIndiana University Press.
Publikationsår
2013
Pagineringpp113-126
MaterialArticle
SerieJewish literature and culture
ISBN9780253008053
NotesArticle from the book 'Elie Wiesel, Jewish, literary, and moral perspectives.' pp113-126
Beskrivning
The importance of the storytelling abilities of Wiesel and other Holocaust writers in perpetuating our understanding of the Holocaust is discussed. Horowitz believes art and literature are the most effective means by which Western culture may come to terms with the legacy of this traumatic period.