LEADER 02410cam a2200385 i 4500001 251178 005 20240621200431.0 008 160617s2016 ne b 001 0 eng 010 2016008237 020 9789004253230 |qhardcover |qalkaline paper 020 9004253238 |qhardcover |qalkaline paper 035 (OCoLC)ocn938393846 035 251178 042 pcc 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dYDX |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dCDX |dLHM 050 00 PN56.H55 |bK75 2016 100 1 Krijnen, Joost, |eauthor. 245 10 Holocaust impiety in Jewish American literature : |bmemory, identity (post- ) postmodernism / |cby Joost Krijnen. 264 1 Leiden [The Netherlands] ;Boston : |bBrill/Rodopi, |c[2016] 300 vi, 243 pages ; |c25 cm. 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 490 1 Postmodern studies ; |vvolume 53 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "The Holocaust is often said to be unrepresentable. Yet since the 1990s, a new generation of Jewish American writers have been returning to this history again and again, insisting on engaging with it in highly playful, comic, and "impious" ways. Focusing on the fiction of Michael Chabon, Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Nathan Englander, this book suggests that this literature cannot simply be dismissed as insensitive or improper. It argues that these Jewish American authors engage with the Holocaust in ways that renew and ensure its significance for contemporary generations. These ways, moreover, are intricately connected to efforts of finding new means of expressing Jewish American identity, and of moving beyond the increasingly apparent problems of postmodernism"-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. 650 0 American literature |xJewish authors |xHistory and criticism. 650 0 American literature |y21st century |xHistory and criticism. 648 7 2000-2099 |2fast 776 08 |iOnline version:Krijnen, Joost, author. |tHolocaust impiety in Jewish American literature. |dLeiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill/Rodopi, [2016] |z9789004316072 |w(DLC) 2016008812 830 0 Postmodern studies ; |v53. 852 0 |bstacks |hPN56.H55 |iK75 2016