"An illuminating exploration that offers a worried look at Holocaust representation in contemporary culture and politics." —H-Holocaust
In this provocative work, Alvin H. Rosenfeld contends that the proliferation of books, films, television programs, museums, and public commemorations related to the Holocaust has, perversely, brought about a diminution of its meaning and a denigration of its memory. Investigating a wide range of...

"In History, Literature, Critical Theory, Dominick LaCapra continues his exploration of the complex relations between history and literature, here considering history as both process and representation. A trio of chapters at the center of the volume concern the ways in which history and literature (particularly the novel) impact and question each other. In one of the chapters LaCapra revisits Gustave Flaubert, pairing him with Joseph Conrad. Other...

Incluces bibliographical references and index.

Bibliography: p. 200-210.

"In this book, scholars with expertise in various national literatures and cultures explore how the Holocaust has been represented in novels, memoirs, film, television, and architecture. This book provides a unique vantage point for the scholar and student to compare how national context impacts representations of the Holocaust"-- "'Literature of the Holocaust' courses, whether taught in high schools or at universities, necessarily cover texts from...

"It is a particular feature of Holocaust fictions that we remember them differently than other fictions, and as the historical period recedes, literature helps keep those events alive. In Imagining the Holocaust, Daniel R. Schwarz examines widely read Holocaust narratives that have shaped the way we understand and respond to the events of that time. Schwarz argues that as we move further away from the original events, the narratives authors use to...

"In the 1970s and 1980s, Jewish cartoonists such as Will Eisner were some of the first artists to use the graphic novel as a way to explore their ethnicity. Although similar to the comic book in format, graphic novels presented weightier subject matter at greater length in more expensive packaging, which appealed to an adult audience, representing the rise of a postmodern, global Jewish culture in the late twentieth century." "The Jewish Graphic Novel...