Women's Holocaust writing
Subtitle: memory and imagination
By: S. Lillian Kremer.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism; Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Jewish women -- United States -- Intellectual life; Jewish women in the Holocaust; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives -- History and criticism; Jews in literature
Genres: Personal narratives
Description: Women's Holocaust Writing, the first book of literary criticism devoted to American Holocaust writing by and about women, extends Holocaust and literary studies by examining women's artistic representations of female Holocaust experiences. Beyond racial persecution, women suffered gender-related oppression and coped with the concentration camp universe in ways consistent with their prewar gender socialization. Through close, insightful reading of fiction S.

Lillian Kremer explores Holocaust representations in works distinguished by the power of their literary expression and attention to women's diverse experiences. She draws upon history, psychology, women's studies, literary analysis, and interviews with authors to compare writing by eyewitnesses working from memory with that by remote "witnesses through the imagination."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-270) and index.