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Encyclopedia of Holocaust literature

by David Patterson, Alan L. Berger

EncyclopediasHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Personal narrativesBiographyHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literatureBiographische LiteraturJudenvernichtung <Motiv>Jüdische Literatur

"This encyclopedia presents the lives and works of 128 writers whose contributions lend significant first-generation understanding to the Holocaust. Arranged by author, entries provide a biographical, bibliographical, and critical profile with emphasis on each author's experience with or response to the Holocaust and contributions to the literature. All entries offer a short list of selected works. Included are appendixes listing authors by date, country of birth, and birth name. Two useful bibliographies -- one of primary works arranged by genre and another of book-length studies of Holocaust literature -- are also included. Highly recommended for all academic and public libraries, this encyclopedia brings together representative primary and critical works of Holocaust literature."--"The Best of the Best Reference Sources," American Libraries, May 2003. "Whether novel, memoir, diary, poem, or drama, a common thread runs through the literature of the Nazi Holocaust: a "motif of personal testimony to the dearness of humanity." From this perspective the expert authors of Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature have profiled 128 of the most influential first generation authors who surviv

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