The language of silence
Subtitle: West German literature and the Holocaust
By: Ernestine Schlant.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; German literature -- Germany (West) -- History and criticism.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.; Judaism and literature -- Germany (West)
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [262]-272) and index.