The Subject of Holocaust Fiction

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The Subject of Holocaust Fiction is written by Emily Miller Budick and published by Indiana University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0253016320 (ISBN 10) and 9780253016324 (ISBN 13).

Fictional representations of horrific events run the risk of undercutting efforts to verify historical knowledge and may heighten our ability to respond intellectually and ethically to human experiences of devastation. In this captivating study of the epistemological, psychological, and ethical issues underlying Holocaust fiction, Emily Miller Budick examines the subjective experiences of fantasy, projection, and repression manifested in Holocaust fiction and in the reader's encounter with it. Considering works by Cynthia Ozick, Art Spiegelman, Aharon Appelfeld, Michael Chabon, and others, Budick investigates how the reading subject makes sense of these fictionalized presentations of memory and trauma, victims and victimizers.