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Holocaust Impiety in Literature, Popular Music and Film

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 1-34
  3. Poetry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-39
    2. Sylvia Plath, Ariel

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 41-56
    3. W. D. Snodgrass, The Fuehrer Bunker

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 57-91
  4. Film

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-136
    2. Night and Fog (Alain Resnais)

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 137-146
    3. Shoah (Claude Lanzmann)

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 147-158
    4. The Grey Zone (Tim Blake Nelson)

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 159-172
    5. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)

      • Matthew Boswell
      Pages 173-184
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 185-211

About this book

Surveying irreverent and controversial representations of the Holocaust - from Sylvia Plath and the Sex Pistols to Quentin Tarantino and Holocaust comedy - Matthew Boswell considers how they might play an important role in shaping our understanding of the Nazi genocide and what it means to be human.

Reviews

"'Holocaust piety' is the urge to be silenced by the genocide, to mystify it. In contrast, Boswell, one of a new generation of Holocaust scholars, writes about how the Holocaust has been used (and possibly misused) in culture from avant-garde poetry to the Ramones and Joy Division to Quentin Tarantino. These insightful 'impieties' tell us about the Holocaust and ourselves." -Robert Eaglestone, Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought, Royal Holloway, Times Higher Education

'This book is highly recommended for those interested in the most recent developments in the discussion about Holocaust representability. The thesis of Holocaust impiety proposed by Boswell brings an important contribution to the field of Holocaust memory and representation, and situates this author within a new generation of scholars who are unafraid to pose challenging and worthwhile questions.' - Diana Popescu, University of Southampton, Journal of History and Cultures

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Salford, UK

    Matthew Boswell

About the author


Matthew Boswell is a Research Fellow in the School of English at the University of Leeds, UK

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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