Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature
St. James Press, First Edition, 2002
Thomas Riggs, Editor
Developed by Thomas Riggs & Company, Missoula, Montana
Publisher’s Description
“Covering the entire spectrum of the literature of the Holocaust era, from the beginnings of Nazism through the concentration camp experience, survivor syndrome, and second generation response, this detailed survey includes entries on more than 200 authors and 300 works. Author entries include detailed biographical information as well as expert analytical interpretation. Work entries discuss each work in detail and include a critical essay written by an expert in the field. Value added features include chronologies, further reading lists and nationality, concentration camp and title indexes.”
Reviews
“Riggs has brought together over 150 contributors, academics in languages and history, Judaic and Holocaust studies . . . as well as translators and editors, mainly from North America and Europe, under a strong advisory team. This includes Lawrence Langer, whose The Holocaust and the Literary Imagination was a pioneer back in 1976 . . . This guide . . . covers the ground well, in a competitive field, and for the money provides a useful resource for collection builders, teachers and scholars who want a readily available and reliable pointer to the canon in the field, including works that, because they were first published obscurely, may be missed.”
Reference Reviews, 2003
“Writers trying to explain and understand this horrible genocide have produced a large and varied body of work. The Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature is an excellent introduction to this literature. An advisory board of 11 scholars, chaired by Michael Berenbaum of the University of Judaism, has chosen 223 writers and 307 of their works for this volume . . . The Reference Guide to Holocaust Literature will be a useful resource for public, high school, academic, and synagogue libraries.”
ARBA, 2003
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