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Gulag literature and the literature of Nazi camps : an intercontexual reading / Leona Toker.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Toker, Leona (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Series:	Jewish literature and culture.
Subjects:	Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, > 1918-2008. Shalamov, Varlam. Levi, Primo, > 1919-1987. Wiesel, Elie, > 1928-2016. Semprún, Jorg. Ka-tzetnik 135633, > 1909-2001. Nazi concentration camps in literature > 20th century. Internment camps > Soviet Union. Prisoners' writings, Soviet > History and criticism. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature > History and criticism. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Intercontextuality: Introduction
The Gulag and Nazi Camps: From Improvisation to Stability
Two Strands of Concentration-Camp Literature: A Brief History of an Entanglement
The Muselmann and the Dokhodiaga
Forced Labor
The Drowned and the Reprieved
On the Way to Resistance
Faith
End Games
Survivor Guilt
Concluding Reflections
Works Cited
Index.