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Sounds of defiance :

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Sounds of defiance :

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the Holocaust, multilingualism, and the problem of English /

Alan Rosen.

Lincoln :

University of Nebraska Press,

©2005.

1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-241) and index.

Language has frequently been at the center of discussions about Holocaust writing. Yet English, a primary language of neither the persecutors nor the victims, has generally been viewed as marginal to the events of the Holocaust. Alan Rosen argues that this marginal status profoundly affects writing on the Holocaust in English and fundamentally shapes our understanding of the events. Sounds of Defiance chronicles the evolving status of English in writing about the Holocaust, from the period of the Second World War to the 1990s. Each chapter highlights a representative work from a different genre-psychology, sociology, memoir, tales, fiction, and film-and examines the special position of English with regard to the Holocaust, supported by references to the role of other languages, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and German. This original approach provides a new perspective on such standard works as Eichmann in Jerusalem, The Shawl, and Maus, while drawing attention to others largely unknown. Rosen also links this analysis of English writing to developments in the postwar period: the escalating production of writing on the Holocaust in English; the increasing prestige of English as a global language; and paradoxically, within the contexts of neocolonial and multilingual studies, the increasingly uncertain position of English.

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Sounds of defiance.

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American literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism.

English language-- Social aspects.

English language-- Spoken English.

English language-- Style.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.

Speech in literature.

Anglais (Langue)-- Anglais parlé

Anglais (Langue)-- Aspect social.

Anglais (Langue)-- Stylistique.

Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature.

Littérature américaine-- 20e siècle-- Histoire et critique.

Parole dans la littérature.

American literature.

American Literature.

English language-- Social aspects.

English language-- Spoken English.

English language-- Style.

English.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.

Languages & Literatures.

LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.

Speech in literature.

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LIT-- 004020

Rosen, Alan, (Alan Charles)

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