Magic Realism in Holocaust Literature
ISBN: 9780230307353
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Subjects: Palgrave Literature Collection;

A major contribution to Holocaust studies, the book examines the capacity of supernatural elements to dramatize the ethical and representational difficulties of Holocaust fiction. Exploring texts by such writers as D.M. Thomas and Markus Zusak it will appeal to scholars and students of Holocaust literature, magic realism, and contemporary fiction.

JENNI ADAMS is Lecturer in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. Her research addresses the relationship between ethics and aesthetics in Holocaust fiction.

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