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Student Companion to Elie Wiesel »
Authors: Sanford Sternlicht
ISBN-13: 9780313325304, ISBN-10: 0313325308
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Sanford Sternlicht
SANFORD STERNLICHT teaches in Syracuse University's English Department and Judaic Studies Program. He is the author of Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion (Greenwood 2000). He also frequently writes on poetry and Irish literature, including contributions to Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook (Greenwood 1997).
Book Synopsis
This volume offers critical analysis of all of Wiesel's major writings, as well as selected nonfiction including essays, Bible studies, plays, and more.
Table of Contents
| Series Foreword | vii | |
| Acknowledgments | ix | |
| Part I | Backgrounds | |
| 1 | The Life of Elie Wiesel | 3 |
| 2 | Elie Wiesel's Literary Heritage and Background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the Great Jewish Books, and the Western Literary Tradition | 15 |
| Part II | The Holocaust Narratives | |
| 3 | Night (1958) | 29 |
| 4 | Dawn (1961) | 39 |
| 5 | The Accident (1962) | 47 |
| 6 | The Town beyond the Wall (1964) | 57 |
| 7 | The Gates of the Forest (1964) | 65 |
| Part III | After the Holocaust: Hope and Despair | |
| 8 | A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970) | 79 |
| 9 | The Oath (1973) | 87 |
| 10 | Later Novels: The Testament (1981), The Fifth Son (1985), The Forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The Judges (2002) | 97 |
| 11 | Selected Nonfiction | 115 |
| Bibliography | 127 | |
| Index | 135 |
Subjects
Fiction Books & Literature
Literary Criticism Jewish Literature
Nonfiction Social Sciences Jewish Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences Jewish Studies
Social Sciences Jewish Studies Jewish Literature
Literary Criticism Jewish LiteratureNonfiction
Social Sciences Jewish StudiesScience & Nature
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Jewish Studies Jewish Literature
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