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Appropriated Memory

By Reinhard Zachau

Appropriated Memory

By Reinhard Zachau

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Th¿is¿¿ b¿ook offers a survey of post-World War II German-language post-memorial writing.¿ An analysis¿ of¿ the books by¿ Heinrich Böll, Günter Grass, and Wolfgang Koeppen¿ e¿xposes the difficult path of German writing about the Holocaust. Koeppen's unauthorized ¿¿appropriation of Jakob Littner's survivor memoir serves as the frame for th¿is study,¿¿ ¿expos¿ing¿¿ ¿the difference¿s¿ between perpetrator and victim perspectives. The various attempts ¿by¿ the current generation¿ of authors¿ to bridge th¿is¿ ¿divide¿ ¿reflect¿ the renewed interest and changed attitude¿s¿ towards the Holocaust ¿that emerged ¿in Germany after ¿R¿eunification. Included in this volume are W. G. Sebald's imaginary dialogue between a victim and a perpetrator, Ursula Krechel's exploration of Jewish life in Shanghai from a Jewish perspective, Iris Hanika's presentation of the distraught mindset of a member of Germany's second perpetrator generation, and Kevin Vennemann's ¿narrative about¿ a Jewish child in¿ the midst of¿ a Polish massacre.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
262
Release Date:
2025-09-08
Publication Date:
2025-09-08
Publisher:
Peter Lang
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
180374703X
ISBN13:
9781803747033
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
385 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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