Tony Harrison and the Holocaust
By: Antony Rowland.
Series: Liverpool English texts and studies ;; 39
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Harrison, Tony, 1937- -- Criticism and interpretation.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.; War poetry, English -- History and criticism.; War in literature.
Description: Antony Rowland argues that the poetry of Tony Harrison is barbaric. The author discusses how Holocaust literature engages with a number of concepts challenged or altered by historical events, such as love, mourning, memory, culture and barbarism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.