The Language of Silence
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The Language of Silence

West German Literature and the Holocaust

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The Language of Silence

West German Literature and the Holocaust

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Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the Holocaust and its impact on postwar West German society. Exploring postwar literature as the barometer of Germany's unconsciously held values as well as of its professed conscience, Ernestine Schlant demonstrates that the confrontation with the Holocaust has shifted over the decades from repression, circumvention, and omission to an open acknowledgement of the crimes. Yet even today a 'language of silence' remains since the victims and their suffering are still overlooked and ignored. Learned and exacting, Schlant's study makes an important contribution to our understanding of postwar German culture.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2004
ISBN
9781135961817
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Popular Culture in Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. One: The First Postwar Decade: Heinrich Böll and Wolfgang Koeppen
  7. Two: Documentary Literature: Alexander Kluge and GĂŒnter Grass
  8. Three: Autobiographical Novels: Generational Discord
  9. Four: Autobiographical Novels: Hanns-Josef Ortheil
  10. Five: The War On the Eastern Front: Hermann Lenz
  11. Six: Ruptures and Displacements: Gert Hofmann
  12. Seven: Restitution of Personal Identity?: Alfred Andersch, Peter HĂ€rtling, and Gert Hofmann
  13. Eight: Speeches and Controversies
  14. Nine: Post-Unification: Bernhard Schlink, Peter Schneider, and W.G.Sebald
  15. Conclusion
  16. Notes
  17. Selected Bibliography