From Lanzmann’s Circle of Flames to Bodies in Pain: Anglo-American Holocaust Fiction and Representations of the Gas Chamber

From Lanzmann’s Circle of Flames to Bodies in Pain: Anglo-American Holocaust Fiction and Representations of the Gas Chamber

This article discusses the apparent desire in Anglo-American Holocaust fiction to form a deeper connection to the horror of the Holocaust by recreating scenes of suffering in the gas chamber. Using Elaine Scarry’s <i>The Body in Pain</i>, Alison Landsberg’s theory of ‘prosthetic memory’...

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Main Author: David Dickson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Genealogy
Subjects:
Holocaust piety
prosthetic memory
gas chamber
Holocaust fiction
embodiment
bodies in pain
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/3/88

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https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/3/88

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