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Born under Auschwitz

Melancholy Traditions in Postwar German Literature
  • Mary Cosgrove
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2014
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Uncovers the literary traditions of melancholy that inform major works of postwar and contemporary German literature dealing with the Holocaust and the Nazi period.

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Cosgrove Mary :

Mary Cosgrove is Professor in German at Trinity College Dublin. Her research and teaching foci include Holocaust memory and representation in literature and culture; German Jewish writing; the cultural history and theory of melancholia and boredom in European letters; and literary
and narrative economics. Key publications include Born under Auschwitz: Melancholy Traditions in Postwar German Literature (Camden House,
2014); German Memory Contests: The Quest for Identity in Literature, Film, and Discourse since 1990 (Camden House, 2006; paperback 2010).

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eBook published on:
April 1, 2014
eBook ISBN:
9781571138897
Original publisher:
Camden House
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244
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