Journeys of Remembrance - Memories of the Second World War in French and German Literature, 1960-1980 (Hardcover, New)

The Second World War was a common experience of cultural and historical rupture for many European countries, but studies of this period and its after-images often remain locked in national frameworks. Jones' comparative study of national memory cultures argues for a more nuanced view of responses to shared issues of remembrance. Focusing on the 1960s and 1970s, two decades of great change and debate in French and German discourses of memory, it investigates literary representations of the Second World War, and in particular the Holocaust, from France and both Germanies. The study encompasses thirteen works representing a variety of genres and divergent perspectives, and authors include Jorge Semprun, Peter Weiss, Georges Perec and Bernward Vesper. Addressing the underlying theme of travel as a means of exploring the past, it contrasts the journeys made by deportees and post-war visitors to the camps with the use of the journey as a literary device.

General

Imprint:	Maney Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Authors:	Kathryn Jones
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	172
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-904350-66-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory
LSN:	1-904350-66-6
Barcode:	9781904350668

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