| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford mid-century studies |
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Oxford mid-century studies.
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| Contents |
Publishing and Publicising the Belsen Trial -- Constructing Criminality in the Work of Derrick Sington -- Memoir, Biography, and Justice -- Holocaust Survivors and Refugees in 1940s Detective Fiction |
| Summary |
"Literature and Justice in Mid Twentieth Century Britain: Crime and War Crimes examines how ideas about crime, criminality, and judicial procedure that had developed in a domestic context influenced the representation and understanding of war crimes trials, victims of war crimes, and war criminals in post-Second World War Britain. The representation of Belsen concentration camp and the subsequent British-run trial of its personnel are a particular focal point. Drawing on a range of source material including life-writing, journalism, and detective fiction, as well as criminological and sociological works from this period, this book explains why the fate of the Jews and other victims of the Nazis was sometimes brought starkly into focus and sometimes marginalised in public discourse at this period. What remain are glimpses of the events now called the Holocaust, but glimpses that can be as powerful and as meaningful as more direct or explicit representations." -- Publisher's description |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war.
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English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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War in literature.
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Justice in literature.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
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English literature
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
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Justice in literature
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War in literature
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192674029 |
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0192674021 |
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9780191949067 |
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019194906X |
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9780192674012 |
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0192674013 |
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