Children Writing the Holocaust

by S. Vice

Overview

This book examines a wide range of works written by and about child survivors and victims of the Holocaust. The writers analyzed range from Anne Frank and Saul Friedlander to Ida Fink and Louis Begley; topics covered include the Kindertransport experience, exile to Siberia, living in hiding, Jewish children masquerading as Christian, and ghetto diaries. Throughout, the argument is made that these texts use such similar techniques and structures that children's-eye views of the Holocaust constitute a discrete literary genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349517732
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Edition description:	1st ed. 2004
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

SUE VICE is Reader in English Literature at the University of Sheffield. She is the author of Introducing Bakhtin (1997) and Holocaust Fiction (2000).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Split Narration Choral Narration Lost Memories Hidden Children Convent Children Masquerading as Gentile Present-Time Narration Fragmentary Narration Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'Because of her ingenious analyses and because of the important texts Vice introduces to her readers, if you want to read just one book from my list, this one will have to be your choice' - Marion Spies, University of Wuppertal

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