The language of silence : West German literature and the Holocaust / Ernestine Schlant.

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Schlant, Ernestine [author.]

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computer

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online resource

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9781135961817
1135961816

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language of silenceDDC classification:

830.9/358 22

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PT405 .S3443 2005

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Contents:

The first postwar decade: Heinrich Boll, Wolfgang Koeppen -- Documentary literature: Alexander Kluge, Gunter Grass -- Autobiographical novels: generational discord -- Autobiographical novels: Hanns-Josef Ortheil -- The war on the Eastern front: Hermann Lenz -- Ruptures and displacements: Gert Hofmann -- Restitution of personal identity?: Alfred Andersch, Peter Hurtling, Gert Hofmann -- Speeches and controversies -- Post-unification: Bernhard Schlink, Peter Schneider, W.G. Sebald.

Summary: Examines the writings of non-Jewish West German novelists from 1949 to 1990 to explore how West Germans remember the Holocaust and handle the burden of guilt associated with it.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examines the writings of non-Jewish West German novelists from 1949 to 1990 to explore how West Germans remember the Holocaust and handle the burden of guilt associated with it.

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