Holocaust Literature

S. Lillian Kremer, University Distinguished Professor of English at Kansas State University, has written numerous articles on Holocaust literature. She is the author of two well-received books: Women's Holocaust Writing:Memory and Imagination, and Witness Through theImagination: Jewish-American Holocaust Literature.

"The most authoritative and comprehensive guideavailable." -- Lawrence Looks at Books, Gale ReferenceReviews"This satisfyingly useful and remarkably comprehensive reference source is sure to support research by academics, students ranging from high school through graduate school, and interested general readers... Highlyrecommended." -- Library Journal (starred review)"A major addition to Holocaust Studies... Libraries with Holocaust studies courses and others with an interest in this topic should purchase this title, as the number of authors covered and the strong bibliographic component make it an impressive resource for researchers and other serious students. This would also make an excellent purchase for large public libraries." -- Booklist/RBB (starred review)"Kremer's excellent reference work... Provide freshinsights... Kremer's introduction supplies a good overview... The set's most useful features are its glossary, appendixes, subject indexes, maps, and general index... Essential. All Holocaust collections." -- Choice"Holocaust Literature, bravely and ably edited by S.Lillian Kremer, reflects various literary, social-historical, and psychological approaches.... Kremer's informative, wide-ranging introduction sees Holocaust literature in a uniquely compelling body of testimony... Even a seasoned reader will find theseentries on more than 300 souls, a hundred of them women,mind-stretching." -- John Felstiner, Los Angeles Times"Quite simply the new standard for reference works on the literature of the Holocaust. Designed to be comprehensivein a way no previous resource has dared, these two volumes offer meticulously crafted and edited articles... This comprehensive encyclopedia of Holocaust literature offers a stable platform on which to get one's bearings,and a solid foundation on which future studies willbuild." -- German Studies Review

• Entries organized by writer include: Agosin, Marjorie * Appelfeld, Aharon * Baker, Mark * Bassani, Giorgio * Bellow, Saul * Bukiet, Melvin * Camus, Albert * Cohen, Leonard * Epstein, Leslie * Ficowski, Jerzy * Gay, Peter * Goldstein, Rebecca * Grynberg, Henryk * Harris, Robert * Kaplan, Chaim * Karski, Jan * Levinas, Emmanuel * Meed, Vladka * Oberski, Jona * Ozick, Cynthia * Peleg, Dorit * Rabinovitch, Ann * Raphael, Lev * Sachs, Nelly * Sartre, Jean-Paul * Shapiro, Alan * Steiner, George * Tec, Nechama * Weil, Grete * Weiss, Peter * Wygodzki, Stanislaw * Zukofsky, Louis * and many more.