Lawrence L Langer
Biographic Data
| ID | 368062 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lawrence L Langer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lawrence L |
| FAMILY NAME | Langer |
| SIGNATURE | LANGER L L |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Simmons College , Boston , USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1958 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
My Life with Holocaust Death
The essay offers a chronological account of my introduction to Holocaust reality, beginning with visits to Dachau in 1955, Mauthausen in 1963 and the main camp at Auschwitz and Auschwitz/Birkenau in 1964, at a time when little was known about the concentration camps and the gassing procedures in the deathcamps. The sites would not become tourist destinations for many years, and in fact at Dachau there were only two other visitors present and at M…
Using and Abusing the Holocaust
Examines a range of important issues in the study of Holocaust history, literature, and memory
Hearing the Holocaust
The search for words to convey the deathlife that was Auschwitz turns up in witness testimony, memoir, and fiction, as all three conspire to find a language appropriate to an experience that is utterly alien to most audiences and that is not based on research from written documents. Historians are slowly coming to agree that survivor accounts are a crucial source of evidence for appreciating the unorthodox and unprecedented moral universe of the …
‘Deep Memory
Recent Studies on Memory and Representation
Words and Witness: Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies in the Representation of the Holocaust, Lea Wernick Fridman (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000), xiii + 177 pp., $16.95. Traumatic Realism: The Demands of Holocaust Representation, Michael Rothberg (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000), xi + 323 pp., $19.95. Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics, Berel Lang (Baltimore and London: John…
Murder in Our Midst
Art from the Ashes
A comprehensive anthology of Holocaust literature that comprises selected fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as memoirs, transcripts of interviews with survivors, and diaries. With works by such authors as Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Paul Celan, and Tadeusz Borowski, this collection is envisaged as a textbook for the growing number of courses in the literature of the Holocaust, and as a supplementary text for broader courses in the history of the H…
Admitting the Holocaust
From Sight to Insight
Holocaust testimonies
An analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors contributes to our understanding of the Holocaust; sheds light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastating experiences of pain, humiliation, and loss.
The Time of Troubles
Oral history & the Holocaust
News
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The Religious Faith of John Fiske
Holocaust testimonies
An analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors contributes to our understanding of the Holocaust; sheds light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastating experiences of pain, humiliation, and loss.
Admitting the Holocaust
Hearing the Holocaust
The search for words to convey the deathlife that was Auschwitz turns up in witness testimony, memoir, and fiction, as all three conspire to find a language appropriate to an experience that is utterly alien to most audiences and that is not based on research from written documents. Historians are slowly coming to agree that survivor accounts are a crucial source of evidence for appreciating the unorthodox and unprecedented moral universe of the …
Recent Studies on Memory and Representation
Words and Witness: Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies in the Representation of the Holocaust, Lea Wernick Fridman (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000), xiii + 177 pp., $16.95. Traumatic Realism: The Demands of Holocaust Representation, Michael Rothberg (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000), xi + 323 pp., $19.95. Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics, Berel Lang (Baltimore and London: John…
The Religious Faith of John Fiske
News
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
Oral history & the Holocaust
Holocaust testimonies
An analysis of the unique ways in which oral testimony of survivors contributes to our understanding of the Holocaust; sheds light on the forms and functions of memory as victims relive devastating experiences of pain, humiliation, and loss.
The Time of Troubles
From Sight to Insight
Art from the Ashes
A comprehensive anthology of Holocaust literature that comprises selected fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as memoirs, transcripts of interviews with survivors, and diaries. With works by such authors as Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Paul Celan, and Tadeusz Borowski, this collection is envisaged as a textbook for the growing number of courses in the literature of the Holocaust, and as a supplementary text for broader courses in the history of the H…
Admitting the Holocaust
Murder in Our Midst
Recent Studies on Memory and Representation
Words and Witness: Narrative and Aesthetic Strategies in the Representation of the Holocaust, Lea Wernick Fridman (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2000), xiii + 177 pp., $16.95. Traumatic Realism: The Demands of Holocaust Representation, Michael Rothberg (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000), xi + 323 pp., $19.95. Holocaust Representation: Art within the Limits of History and Ethics, Berel Lang (Baltimore and London: John…
‘Deep Memory
Using and Abusing the Holocaust
Examines a range of important issues in the study of Holocaust history, literature, and memory
Hearing the Holocaust
The search for words to convey the deathlife that was Auschwitz turns up in witness testimony, memoir, and fiction, as all three conspire to find a language appropriate to an experience that is utterly alien to most audiences and that is not based on research from written documents. Historians are slowly coming to agree that survivor accounts are a crucial source of evidence for appreciating the unorthodox and unprecedented moral universe of the …
My Life with Holocaust Death
The essay offers a chronological account of my introduction to Holocaust reality, beginning with visits to Dachau in 1955, Mauthausen in 1963 and the main camp at Auschwitz and Auschwitz/Birkenau in 1964, at a time when little was known about the concentration camps and the gassing procedures in the deathcamps. The sites would not become tourist destinations for many years, and in fact at Dachau there were only two other visitors present and at M…
The Holocaust (8 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Theology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration (4 works)