Silence and Acts of Memory
Birgit Maier-Katkin
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Description for Silence and Acts of Memory
Hardback. This book explores silence and memory in Germany's ongoing discourse about the Nazi past. It examines the ways in which exile literature and critical thought by Anna Seghers joins postwar discourse and current historical research to formulate an acceptable memory of private life during the Third Reich. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
This book explores silence and memory in Germany's ongoing discourse about the Nazi past. It examines the ways in which exile literature and critical thought by Anna Seghers joins postwar discourse and current historical research to formulate an acceptable memory of private life during the Third Reich. Seghers' work is particularly relevant in light of the postwar rift between private and public memory discourse. Her texts The Seventh Cross, "The Excursion of the Dead Girls," and especially her depictions of female figures offer a rare in-depth examination of ordinary life under Hitler. From exile, Seghers reveals hidden voices and personal ... Read more
This book explores silence and memory in Germany's ongoing discourse about the Nazi past. It examines the ways in which exile literature and critical thought by Anna Seghers joins postwar discourse and current historical research to formulate an acceptable memory of private life during the Third Reich. Seghers' work is particularly relevant in light of the postwar rift between private and public memory discourse. Her texts The Seventh Cross, "The Excursion of the Dead Girls," and especially her depictions of female figures offer a rare in-depth examination of ordinary life under Hitler. From exile, Seghers reveals hidden voices and personal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482690
SKU
V9781611482690
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About Birgit Maier-Katkin
Birgit Maier-Katkin is associate professor of German at Florida State University.
Reviews for Silence and Acts of Memory
"I believe that this well-written and well-researched volume will be of interest not just to scholars of Seghers's work (although they will profit from it) but also to students of history, psychology, and memory and to all those wrestling with a sense of personal responsibilty for the many problematic historical events currently taking place in our global environment. In fact, ... Read more