Imagining the Holocaust

[Paul Mackin]

Schindler's List is another Holocaust book I believe Schwartz sees as
problematic. Incidently I don't think S necessarily used the word
problematic--that's just the sense of what my very brief browsing
retained.
		P.

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Paul Mackin wrote:

> 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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