Sounds of defiance : the Holocaust, multilingualism, and the problem of English / Alan Rosen.
| Author/creator | Rosen, Alan |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2005. |
| Description | xiv, 248 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Evidence of trauma : English as perplexity in David Boder's Topical autobiographies -- An entirely different culture : English as translation in John Hersey's The wall -- What does he speak?: English as mastery in Ruth Chatterton's Homeward borne -- Please speak English : babbling in Philip Roth's "Eli, the fanatic" -- From law to outlaw : borrowed English in Edward Wallant's The pawnbroker -- Law's languages : Hannah Arendt's mother and other tongues -- Say "good boy" : legitimizing English in Sidney Lumet's The pawnbroker -- Cracking her teeth : broken English in Cynthia Ozick's fiction and essays -- The language of dollars : English as intruder in Yaffa Eliach's Hasidic tales of the Holocaust -- The language of survival : English as metaphor in Art Spiegelman's Maus -- Eaten away by silence : English as elegy in Anne Michaels's Fugitive pieces. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-241) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005001442 |
| ISBN | 0803239629 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0803205287 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 9780803239623 |
| ISBN | 9780803205284 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS225 .R67 2005 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |