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Other authors / contributors: | Lothe, Jakob, editor.
Suleiman, Susan Rubin, 1939- editor.
Phelan, James, 1951- editor.
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ISBN: | 9780814270424 0814270425 9780814251829 081425182X 9780814211762 0814211763 9780814292778 0814292771
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Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | "After Testimony: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Holocaust Narrative for the Future collects sixteen essays written with the awareness that we are on the verge of a historical shift in our relation to the Third Reich's programmatic genocide. Soon there will be no living survivors of the Holocaust, and therefore people not directly connected to the event must assume the full responsibility for representing it. The contributors believe that this shift has broad consequences for narratives of the Holocaust. By virtue of being "after" the accounts of survivors, storytellers must find their own ways of coming to terms with the historical reality that those testimonies have tried to communicate. The ethical and aesthetic dimensions of these stories will be especially crucial to their effectiveness. Guided by these principles and employing the tools of contemporary narrative theory, the contributors analyze a wide range of Holocaust narratives -- fictional and nonfictional, literary and filmic -- for the dual purpose of offering fresh insights and identifying issues and strategies likely to be significant in the future"--From publisher's description.
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Other form: | Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): After testimony. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, ©2012 9780814251829
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