- Series
- Student companions to classic writers,
Student companions to classic writers.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Sternlicht, Sanford, 1931-
- Published
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003
- Contents
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Pt. 1. Backgrounds
The life of Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel's literary heritage and background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the great Jewish books, and the Western literary tradition
pt. 2. The Holocaust narratives
Night (1958)
Dawn (1961)
The accident (1962)
The town beyond the wall (1964)
The gates of the forest (1964)
pt. 3. After the Holocaust: hope and despair
A beggar in Jerusalem (1970)
The oath (1973)
Later novels: The testament (1981), The fifth son (1985), The forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The judges (2002)
Selected nonfiction.
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index.
Pt. 1. Backgrounds -- The life of Elie Wiesel -- Elie Wiesel's literary heritage and background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the great Jewish books, and the Western literary tradition -- pt. 2. The Holocaust narratives -- Night (1958) -- Dawn (1961) -- The accident (1962) -- The town beyond the wall (1964) -- The gates of the forest (1964) -- pt. 3. After the Holocaust: hope and despair -- A beggar in Jerusalem (1970) -- The oath (1973) -- Later novels: The testament (1981), The fifth son (1985), The forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The judges (2002) -- Selected nonfiction.
