Elie Wiesel's Night / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index.

Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views -- Alfred Kazin reviews the first edition of the English translation -- Ellen S. Fine on father-son relations in Night -- Gary Henry on transcendence in Wiesel's work -- Peter Manseau on the hazards of holocaust theology -- Joseph Sungolowsky on holocaust autobiography -- Sabine and Harry Stein on the history of Buchenwald -- Colin Davis on Wiesel's narrative techniques -- Simon P. Sibelman on the role of time in the book -- Ora Avni on narrative and the burden of witness -- Ruth Franklin re-evaluates Night -- Works by Elie Wiesel.