Imagining the Holocaust

[Paul Mackin]

Lest anyone misunderstand, "Imagining the Holocaust" is the title of the
book and carries no implication that the Holocaust is imaginary in the
sense of not actually having happened but rather alludes to imaginative
writing about the Holocaust. I browsed through the book at the
neighborhood Borders and Professor Schwartz states in the preface that he
is a MODERNIST critic, which could possibly be seen as a reason
pomo Pynchon's name is not in the table of contents or index. He also
states that he covers only books that have been widely read and he names a
few potential works he does not cover and also mentions a few as
problematic, such as Sophie's Choice, Life Can Be Beautiful, and possibly
the Crum comics treatment. S seems to put considerable emphasis on the
ethics of Holocaust literature. Perhaps sees more the religious and
required religious sensitivities aspects. Which brings to mind the
question, if GR were to be considered in the category of Holocaust
literature (which I'm certainly not suggesting it should) might it be
included in the problematic category? Schwartz (as I said) is
strongly sensitive  to the need for Holocaust literature to respect the
religious meaning of  the Holocaust. Writing on it may perhaps require
certain sensitivies that could never come through in a Pynchon.

		P.   

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Dave Monroe wrote:

> Thankls for the reference, if not the wisecrack ...
> 
> Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> > For those interested in an account (by a Cornell English Department prof
> > no less) of literature that actually IS about the Holocaust see the
> > following:
> >
> > > http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=4GWIGCA7YA&mscssid=552WDE6VE0SR2GAH001PQU6AV6XQ9NPE&sourceid=0000011476&isbn=0312173032#reviews
> >
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