Brief Description
Placing Holocaust drama in its historical and cultural contexts, this book provides thorough analyses of over thirty seminal Holocaust plays.
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The Holocaust the systematic attempted destruction of European Jewry and other threats to the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945 has been portrayed in fiction, film, memoirs, and poetry. Gene Plunka's study will add to this chronicle with an examination of the theater of the Holocaust. Including thorough critical analysis of more than thirty plays, this book explores the seminal twentieth-century Holocaust dramas from the United States, Europe, and Israel. Biographical information about the playwrights, production histories of the plays, and pertinent historical information are provided, placing the plays in their historical and cultural contexts"
Review Quotes
1. the volume will be an excellent introductory source for student encounters with Holocaust drama and literary theory Recommended.
-S.L. Kramer, Kansas State University, Choice
2. " the volume will be an excellent introductory source for student encounters with Holocaust drama and literary theory Recommended."
-S. L. Kramer, Kansas State University, Choice"
3. "Plunka needs to congratulated for a passionate in-depth investigation which attempts to do the impossible."
Anselm C. Heinrich, H-German
4. " this book is a must-read for any reader interested in "Holocaust drama" in that it begins to categorise the genre in an encyclopaedic manner that is both respectful and thought-provoking. Although this topic might seem to resist further inquiry, it also requires it and this book will hopefully act as an impetus for future researchers, readers and audiences to consider gaps as yet unbridged and voices as yet unheard."
Emily Derbyshire, www.playstosee.com"
