William Collins Donahue

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1) The End of Modernism: Elias Canetti's Auto-da-fe

Author

Donahue, William Collins

Publication Date

2001

Physical Desc

xiv, 280 p.

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Nobel laureate Elias Canetti wrote his novel "Auto-da-Fé" ("Die Blendung") when he and the twentieth century were still quite young. Rooted in the cultural crises of the Weimar period, "Auto-da-Fé" first received critical acclaim abroad in England, France, and the United States—where it continues to fascinate readers of subsequent generations. "The End of Modernism" places this work in its cultural and philosophical contexts, situating the novel...

2) Holocaust as fiction: Bernhard Schlink's "Nazi" novels and their films

Author

Donahue, William Collins

Publication Date

2010

Formats

Book, eBook

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Holocaust as Fiction seeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel, The Reader, the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work. With the help of wide-ranging reception data, the work of Holocaust scholars, as well as cultural and legal reflections on the concept of guilt, Donahue elucidates not only these works, but the wider critical climate...