European Memories of the Second World War

Charles Burdett editor Claire Gorrara editor Helmut Peitsch editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Berghahn Books, Incorporated

Published:1st Mar '99

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European Memories of the Second World War cover

During the fifty years since the end of hostilities, European literary memories of the war have undergone considerable change, influenced by the personal experiences of writers as well as changing political, social, and cultural factors. This volume examines changing ways of remembering the war in the literatures of France, Germany, and Italy; changes in the subject of memory, and in the relations between fiction, autobiography, and documentary, with the focus being on the extent to which shared European memories of the war have been constructed.

"There is no question that this is a timely volume ... [that] provide[s] a basis for a genuinely interdisciplinary, transnational comparative discussion ... [and] could represent an important point of reference for all discussions of how to conceptualize historical memory."  ·  Robert Moeller, University of California, Irvine

"... a well focused collection of articles, all of which are of a good scholarly standard and some of which are strikingly original or illuminating."  ·  Michael Kelly, University of Southampton

ISBN: 9781571819369

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 581g

350 pages