Holocaust Representation: Art Within the Limits of History and Ethics

by Berel Lang

Book Overview

Since Theodor Adorno's attack on the writing of poetry "after Auschwitz," artists and theorists have faced the problem of reconciling the moral enormity of the Nazi genocide with the artist's search for creative freedom. In Holocaust Representation, Berel Lang addresses the relation between ethics and art in the context of contemporary discussions of the Holocaust. Are certain aesthetic means or genres "out of bounds" for the Holocaust?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801877458
• ISBN13: 9780801877452
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher