Voicing the void : muteness and memory in Holocaust fiction / Sara R. Horowitz.

Through new close readings of Holocaust fiction, this book takes the field of Holocaust Studies in an important new direction. Reading a wide range of narratives representing different nationalities, styles, genders, and approaches, Horowitz demonstrates that muteness not only expresses the difficul...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Horowitz, Sara R., 1951-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997.
Series:SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Idea of Fiction
  • 2. The Figure of Muteness
  • 3. Voices from the Killing Ground
  • 4. The Mute Language of Brutality
  • 5. The Reluctant Witness
  • 6. Muted Chords: From Victim to Survivor
  • 7. The Night Side of Speech
  • 8. Refused Memory
  • 9. The Chain of Testimony.