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Student companion to Elie Wiesel, Sanford Sternlicht

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-133) and index

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Student companion to Elie Wiesel

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Sanford Sternlicht

Student companions to classic writers,, 1522-7979

Since it was written nearly 50 years ago, Night (1958) has changed world perception of the Holocaust experience. Wiesel's oeuvre, including Holocaust narratives such as Dawn (1961), novels, essays, tales, and plays, has also altered the critical and aesthetic landscape through which we view literature, placing themes of religious identity, hope, survival, devotion to family, and humanity ahead of distinctions of fiction and nonfiction. This volume offers critical analysis of all of Wiesel's major writings, with full chapters on Night, Dawn, The Oath, and four other full-length works. His most

pt. 1. Backgrounds -- The life of Elie Wiesel -- Elie Wiesel's literary heritage and background: Hasidism, the Holocaust, the great Jewish books, and the Western literary tradition -- pt. 2. The Holocaust narratives -- Night (1958) -- Dawn (1961) -- The accident (1962) -- The town beyond the wall (1964) -- The gates of the forest (1964) -- pt. 3. After the Holocaust: hope and despair -- A beggar in Jerusalem (1970) -- The oath (1973) -- Later novels: The testament (1981), The fifth son (1985), The forgotten (1992), Twilight (1988), and The judges (2002) -- Selected nonfiction