Sounds of Defiance: The Holocaust, Multilingualism, and the Problem of English

by Alan Rosen

Language has frequently been at the center of discussions about Holocaust writing. Yet English, a primary language of neither the persecutors nor the victims, has generally been viewed as marginal to the events of the Holocaust. Alan Rosen argues that this marginal status profoundly affects writing on the Holocaust in English and fundamentally shapes our understanding of the events. Sounds of Defiance chronicles the evolving status of English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803220685
• ISBN13: 9780803220683
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"