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Student companion to Elie Wiesel /

Since it was written nearly 50 years ago, Night (1958) has changed world perception of the Holocaust experience. Wiesel's oeuvre, including Holocaust narratives such as Dawn (1961), novels, essays, tales, and plays, has also altered the critical and aesthetic landscape through which we view lit...

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Main Author: Sternlicht, Sanford V.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Wiesel, Elie, > 1928-2016 > Criticism and interpretation > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Wiesel, Elie, > 1928-2016 > Examinations > Study guides.
Handbook
examination study guides.
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals.
Study guides.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:0313017158
9780313017155
1280908858
9781280908859
9786610908851
6610908850
ISSN:1522-7979
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Backgrounds
  • The life of Elie Wiesel
  • Elie Wiesel's literary heritage and background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the great Jewish books, and the Western literary tradition
  • pt. 2. The Holocaust narratives
  • Night (1958)
  • Dawn (1961)
  • The accident (1962)
  • The town beyond the wall (1964)
  • The gates of the forest (1964)
  • pt. 3. After the Holocaust: hope and despair
  • A beggar in Jerusalem (1970)
  • The oath (1973)
  • Later novels: The testament (1981), The fifth son (1985), The forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The judges (2002)
  • Selected nonfiction.

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