Donahue Holocaust as Fiction

Bernhard Schlink’s “Nazi” Novels and Their Films
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-230-11546-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 251 Seiten

Reihe: Palgrave Literature Collection

Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader , the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Donahue, W.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: "Mighty Aphrodite" - Or How to Have it Both Ways * Resister after the Fact : Schlink's Selb Trilogy and the Culture of Politically Correct Holocaust Literature * Soothing Fictions: Ambiguity as Defense * "What Would You Have Done?": Guilt as Virtue * Fathers & Sons: Two Kinds of Second Generation Victim * The Holocaust's "Afterlife" in Contemporary German Literature: Select Case Studies * The Reader as an American Novel * The Hollywood Reader

Über Autor(innen)

William Collins Donahue is Professor and Chair of Germanic Languages at Duke University, USA.