The struggle for understanding :: Elie Wiesel's literary works /
"Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) was one of the most important literary voices to emerge from the Holocaust. The Nazis took the lives of most of his family, destroyed the community in which he was raised, and subjected him to ghettoization, imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and a death march. I...
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| Summary: | "Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) was one of the most important literary voices to emerge from the Holocaust. The Nazis took the lives of most of his family, destroyed the community in which he was raised, and subjected him to ghettoization, imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and a death march. It is remarkable not only that Wiesel survived and found a way to write about his experiences, but that he did so with elegance and profundity. His novels grapple with questions of tradition, memory, trauma, madness, atrocity, and faith. The Struggle for Understanding examines Wiesel's literary, religious, and cultural roots and the indelible impact of the Holocaust on his storytelling. Grouped in sections on Hasidic origins, the role of the Other, theology and tradition, and later works, the chapters cover the entire span of Wiesel's career. Books analyzed include Night, Dawn, The Forgotten, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall, The Testament, The Sonderberg Case, and Hostage. What emerges is a portrait of Wiesel's work in its full literary richness"-- |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781438475479 1438475470 |
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| contents | Between fiction and reality: Elie Wiesel's memoirs / Menachem Keren-Kratz -- The death of humanity and the need for a glory culture: the existential project of Elie Wiesel / Yakir Englander -- The role of the four prophet figures in Night / Mary Catherine Mueller -- Embracing madness: Elie Wiesel's madmen and their role in his works / Jennifer Murray -- The bystander in Elie Wiesel's The town beyond the wall / Christin Zühlke -- Enduring anti-Semitic Christian scripts in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Lucas Wilson -- Stories untold: theology, language and the Hasidic spirit in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Ariel Evan Mayse -- Testifying, writing, and putting God in the dock: Elie Wiesel and the crisis of traditional theodicy / Federico Dal Bo -- The importance of memory: Jewish mysticism and preserving history in Elie Wiesel's The forgotten / Eric J. Sterling -- Transcultural networks of Holocaust memories in Elie Wiesel's The time of the uprooted / Dana Mihailescu -- Wiesel's political vision in Dawn, The testament, and Hostage / Rosemary Horowitz -- Allegories of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's late fiction: The forgotten, The Sonderberg case and Hostage / Sue Vice. |
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| spelling | The struggle for understanding : Elie Wiesel's literary works / edited by Victoria Nesfield and Philip Smith. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019] 1 online resource (xxv, 290 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier SUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture "Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) was one of the most important literary voices to emerge from the Holocaust. The Nazis took the lives of most of his family, destroyed the community in which he was raised, and subjected him to ghettoization, imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and a death march. It is remarkable not only that Wiesel survived and found a way to write about his experiences, but that he did so with elegance and profundity. His novels grapple with questions of tradition, memory, trauma, madness, atrocity, and faith. The Struggle for Understanding examines Wiesel's literary, religious, and cultural roots and the indelible impact of the Holocaust on his storytelling. Grouped in sections on Hasidic origins, the role of the Other, theology and tradition, and later works, the chapters cover the entire span of Wiesel's career. Books analyzed include Night, Dawn, The Forgotten, The Gates of the Forest, The Town Beyond the Wall, The Testament, The Sonderberg Case, and Hostage. What emerges is a portrait of Wiesel's work in its full literary richness"-- Provided by publisher Includes bibliographical references and index. Between fiction and reality: Elie Wiesel's memoirs / Menachem Keren-Kratz -- The death of humanity and the need for a glory culture: the existential project of Elie Wiesel / Yakir Englander -- The role of the four prophet figures in Night / Mary Catherine Mueller -- Embracing madness: Elie Wiesel's madmen and their role in his works / Jennifer Murray -- The bystander in Elie Wiesel's The town beyond the wall / Christin Zühlke -- Enduring anti-Semitic Christian scripts in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Lucas Wilson -- Stories untold: theology, language and the Hasidic spirit in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Ariel Evan Mayse -- Testifying, writing, and putting God in the dock: Elie Wiesel and the crisis of traditional theodicy / Federico Dal Bo -- The importance of memory: Jewish mysticism and preserving history in Elie Wiesel's The forgotten / Eric J. Sterling -- Transcultural networks of Holocaust memories in Elie Wiesel's The time of the uprooted / Dana Mihailescu -- Wiesel's political vision in Dawn, The testament, and Hostage / Rosemary Horowitz -- Allegories of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's late fiction: The forgotten, The Sonderberg case and Hostage / Sue Vice. Print version record. Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 Criticism and interpretation. Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCM6Bh9kxXYWTtKFqvpP LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish. bisacsh Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast Literary criticism. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2017026126 Critiques littéraires. rvmgf Nesfield, Victoria, 1984- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjxJjWxVKDVHyfxCgpfbYd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018161264 Smith, Philip, 1983- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrfBmwk3jfW48KygPDvMd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014069835 Print version: Struggle for understanding. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2019] 9781438475455 (DLC) 2018040458 (OCoLC)1080250849 SUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018019831 |
| spellingShingle | The struggle for understanding : Elie Wiesel's literary works / SUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture. Between fiction and reality: Elie Wiesel's memoirs / Menachem Keren-Kratz -- The death of humanity and the need for a glory culture: the existential project of Elie Wiesel / Yakir Englander -- The role of the four prophet figures in Night / Mary Catherine Mueller -- Embracing madness: Elie Wiesel's madmen and their role in his works / Jennifer Murray -- The bystander in Elie Wiesel's The town beyond the wall / Christin Zühlke -- Enduring anti-Semitic Christian scripts in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Lucas Wilson -- Stories untold: theology, language and the Hasidic spirit in Elie Wiesel's The gates of the forest / Ariel Evan Mayse -- Testifying, writing, and putting God in the dock: Elie Wiesel and the crisis of traditional theodicy / Federico Dal Bo -- The importance of memory: Jewish mysticism and preserving history in Elie Wiesel's The forgotten / Eric J. Sterling -- Transcultural networks of Holocaust memories in Elie Wiesel's The time of the uprooted / Dana Mihailescu -- Wiesel's political vision in Dawn, The testament, and Hostage / Rosemary Horowitz -- Allegories of the Holocaust in Elie Wiesel's late fiction: The forgotten, The Sonderberg case and Hostage / Sue Vice. Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 Criticism and interpretation. Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCM6Bh9kxXYWTtKFqvpP LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish. bisacsh |
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| title_full | The struggle for understanding : Elie Wiesel's literary works / edited by Victoria Nesfield and Philip Smith. |
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| topic | Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 Criticism and interpretation. Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyCM6Bh9kxXYWTtKFqvpP LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish. bisacsh |
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