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020     |z9781800791480 |q(ebook)
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040    DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dDLC
050 00 PN56.3.J4 |bH65 2022
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100 1  Homer, Stephanie, |d1992- |eauthor.
245 14 The Kindertransport in literature : |breimagining experience / |cStephanie Homer.
264  1 Oxford ;New York : |bPeter Lang, |c[2022]
300    viii, 243 pages ; |c23 cm.
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
490 1  Exile studies, |x10720626 ; |vvol 20
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
520    "'In this insightful book, Stephanie Homer interrogates how different genre conventions (memoir, autobiographical fiction and novels) influence the representation of the Kindertransport. Her theoretical approach is sophisticated, her selection of texts judicious and representative. Homer's contribution to the study of the reception history of the Kindertransport is important and timely.' - Professor William Niven, Professor of Contemporary German History, Nottingham Trent University With the dwindling number of Kindertransportees alive today, the living memory of this rescue operation is being transformed into cultural memory, a trend noticeable in the publication of popular Kindertransport fiction since the beginning of the twenty-first century. This change in memory invites the following questions: how is the child refugee's experience remembered, represented and reimagined in literature? And, consequently, what understanding of the Kindertransport is being transmitted to the following generations? Drawing on understandings of genre, narratology and empathy, this book examines works in English, German and Dutch from three literary genres: memoirs and autobiographical fiction by Kindertransportees and recent fiction by authors with no first-hand experience of the Kindertransport. This study exposes the various conventions, tensions and reader expectations attached to each genre and how these influence the author's construction of the text, their choice of stylistic and narrative devices and, in turn, the nature of the representation. This topical research engages in debates at the heart of current discussions on Holocaust and Kindertransport memory, such as the limits of representability, the 'unspeakability' of trauma, and issues of ethics and aesthetics in a post-survivor era"-- |cProvided by publisher.
591    Record updated by Marcive brief record update service 24 June 2024
599    Shelved at 78-3-3
650  0 Jewish refugees in literature.
650  0 Jewish children in literature.
650  0 Memory in literature.
650  0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
650  0 English literature |y21st century |xHistory and criticism.
650  0 German literature |y21st century |xHistory and criticism.
650  0 Dutch literature |y21st century |xHistory and criticism.
776 08  |iOnline version:Homer, Stephanie, 1992- |tKindertransport in literature. |dOxford ; New York : Peter Lang, [2021] |z9781800791480 |w(DLC) 2021039640
830  0 Exil-Studien. |x10720626 ; |vvol 20.
852 0   |breceiving |kShelved at 78-3-3