Limit Experiences: A Study of Twentieth-Century Forms of Representation Contributor(s): Grudzinska-Gross, Irena (Other), Shannon, Alex (Translator), Leociak, Jacek (Author) |
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ISBN: 3631672748 ISBN-13: 9783631672747 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $81.97 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2019 |
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BISAC Categories: - History |
Series: Eastern European Culture, Politics and Societies |
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.39 lbs) 368 pages |
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Publisher Description: In his work Limit Experiences, Jacek Leociak addresses questions that are fundamental to the twentieth-century experience: How can we represent such traumatic events as the Holocaust? Was Lyotard correct when he claimed that reality had succumbed to the gas chambers? How can we describe the indescribable ? Moving seamlessly through such topics as the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto, the carpet bombing of Dresden, and Jews left for dead in the Nazi execution pits who miraculously exited the grave alive, Professor Leociak succeeds in offering readers a profound representation of twentieth-century limit experiences by embedding them in a broad array of sources and building around them a rich historical context. |