Holocaust Literature of the Second Generation

by M. Vaul-Grimwood

Overview

Exploring five key texts from the emerging canon of second generation writing, this exciting new study brings together theories of autobiography, trauma, and fantasy to understand the how traumatic family histories are represented. In doing so, it demonstrates the continuing impact of familial and community Holocaust trauma, and the need for a precise, clearly developed theoretical framework in which to situate these works. This book will appeal to final year undergraduates and postgraduate students, as well as scholars in literary and Holocaust-related fields, and an audience with personal and professional interests in the 'second generation'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403979803
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	09/25/2007
Edition description:	2007
Pages:	177
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

MARITA LE VAUL-GRIMWOOD holds a PhD in English from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and has taught at various universities in the UK.

Table of Contents

The Documentary Memoir: Helen Epstein's Children of the Holocaust The Family Memoir: Louise Kehoe's In This Dark House The Graphic Memoir: Art Spiegelman's Maus The Fantastic Novel: Joseph Skibell's A Blessing on the Moon The Poetic Novel: Anne Michaels' Fugitive Pieces

Editorial Reviews

"This book gives a fully researched analysis of second-generation Holocaust writing. It is particularly original in its focus on psychoanalytic treatments of the children of survivors, and the mixture of primary texts analyzed constitutes a stimulating range, from memoir to fiction. In particular, Louise Kehoe's In This Dark House deserves to be better known, and Grimwood's presentation of it here excellently foregrounds how fascinating and important it is." - Sue Vice, Professor of English Literature, University of Sheffield, UK

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