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Obliged by memory : literature, religion, ethics ; a collection of essays honoring Elie Wiesel's seventieth birthday

Based on a three-day symposium, ""The Claims of Memory,"" this book conveys the omnipresence of memory in Elie Wiesel's writing and attempts to preserve the flavor of the exchange that took place. It also represents several intersecting approaches to memory.
Print Book, English, 2006
Syracuse Univ. Press, Syracuse, NY, 2006
Aufsatzsammlung Rezeption Judenvernichtung
XVIII, 188 Seiten.
9780815630647, 0815630646
255490825
Cynthia Ozick, ""The Rights of History and the Rights of Imagination""; Susan Suleiman, ""Do Facts Matter in Holocaust Memoirs? Wilkomirski/Wiesel""; Shlomo Breznitz, ""The Advantages of Delay: A Psychological Perspective on Memoirs of Trauma""; John Silber, ""Memory, History, and Ethics""; Geoffrey Hartman, ""The Morality of Fiction and Elie Wiesel""; Jeffrey Mehlman, ""Reflections on the Papon Trial""; Paula Fredriksen, ""Augustine on God and Memory"".