The longest shadow
in the aftermath of the Holocaust
by Geoffrey H. Hartman
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Distinguished literary scholar Geoffrey H. Hartman, himself forced to leave Germany at age nine, collects his essays, both scholarly and personal, that focus on the Holocaust. Hartman contends that although progress has been made, we are only beginning to understand the horrendous events of 1933 to 1945. The continuing struggle for meaning, consolation, closure, and the establishment of a collective memory against the natural tendency toward forgetfulness is a recurring theme.
The many forms of response to the devastation - from historical research and survivors' testimony to the novels, films, and monuments that have appeared over the last fifty years - reflect and inform efforts to come to grips with the past, despite events (like those at Bitburg) that attempt to foreclose it. The stricture that poetry after Auschwitz is "barbaric" is countered by the increased sense of responsibility incumbent on the creators of these works.
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Historiography, Geschichtsschreibung, Influence, Holocaust, Judenvernichtung, Extermination (1941-1945), Survivants de la Shoah, Holocaust memorials, Vergangenheitsbewältigung, Monuments commémoratifs de la Shoah, Histoire, Juifs, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Shoah, Herinnering, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Justes de toutes les nations et extermination des Juifs (1941-1945)Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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The longest shadow: in the aftermath of the Holocaust
1996, Indiana University Press
in English
0253330335 9780253330338
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Distinguished literary scholar Geoffrey H. Hartman, himself forced to leave Germany at age nine, collects his essays, both scholarly and personal, that focus on the Holocaust. Hartman contends that although progress has been made, we are only beginning to understand the horrendous events of 1933 to 1945. The continuing struggle for meaning, consolation, closure, and the establishment of a collective memory against the natural tendency toward forgetfulness is a recurring theme. The many forms of response to the devastation - from historical research and survivors' testimony to the novels, films, and monuments that have appeared over the last fifty years - reflect and inform efforts to come to grips with the past, despite events (like those at Bitburg) that attempt to foreclose it. The stricture that poetry after Auschwitz is "barbaric" is countered by the increased sense of responsibility incumbent on the creators of these works.
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