The Shadow of Death: Letters in Flames - Softcover

Moshe Pelli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761839151 ISBN 13: 9780761839156

Publisher: University Press of America, 2007

Synopsis

The Shadow of Death: Letters in Flames is an analytical study of eight major Jewish and Israeli writers who wrote about the experience of the Shoah (Holocaust). The book is divided into two main sections. The first section The Holocaust Experience from Within analyzes literary works by the writers Aharon Appelfeld, Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Ka-tzetnik, and Jerzy Kosinski - who experienced the Holocaust firsthand. The second section is devoted to After the Holocaust - Experience from Without, concentrating mainly on the literary analysis of works by writers who responded to the Holocaust after the event. They are the Israeli writers Hanoch Bartov, Hayim Gouri, and Yehuda Amichai. The book is literary oriented with a prominent focus on textual and literary analysis of major examples of Holocaust literature. It purports to examine the texts under study and analyze them by pointing out literary devices that indicate the writers perception of the Holocaust and their attempt to convey the meaning and significance of the Holocaust to the modern reader.

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About the Author

Moshe Pelli is Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Judaic Studies and Abe and Tess Wise Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fl. Professor Pelli's major area of specialization is Modern Hebrew Literature. He has written extensively on the Literature of the Holocaust and has published 11 scholarly books and numerous research papers. Professor Pelli was honored with numerous awards for his teaching, research and contributions to Jewish Studies and to Hebrew culture, including the 1991 Friedman Prize for Hebrew Culture in America, and the Distinguished Researcher of the Year Award for 1996 and 2006 at UCF. He is President of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew in the U.S.A.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761839151
• ISBN 13: 9780761839156
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141