Readings on Night / Wendy Mass, book editor.

"Elie Wiesel"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-167) and index.

Foreword -- Introduction -- Elie Wiesel : a biography -- Characters and plot -- 1. Major themes -- Loss of innocence / Irving Halperin ; Theme of night / Ellen S. Fine ; Initiation and journey motifs / Ted. L. Estess ; Theme of silence / Simon P. Sibelman -- 2. Art of Night -- More questions than answers / Benj Mahle ; Facing the horror of history / Lea Hamaoui ; Christian imagery / Michael Brown ; How Wiesel tells the story that can never be told / Colin Davis ; Wiesel's literary techniques / Mildred L. Culp -- 3. Relationships -- Holocaust poisoned Eliezer's relationships / Ted L. Estess ; Fathers and sons / Ellen S. Fine -- 4. Literary interpretation -- Night as Wiesel's anti-Exodus / Lawrence S. Cunningham ; Death replaced life as the measure of existence / Lawrence L. Langer ; Night is the anti-coming of age story / David L. Vanderwerken -- 5. Legacy of Night -- Night defines Holocaust autobiography / Joseph Sungolowsky ; Why people resist the truth / Ora Avni ; Wiesel talks about Night and life after the Holocaust / Elie Wiesel, interviewed by Bob Costas ; Letter to Wiesel questions Night's preface / Eva Fleischner.