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mods: Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust fiction works and contexts Firlej, Agata 1976- editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Hiemer, Elisa-Maria 1985- editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Holý, Jiří editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Nichtburgerová, Hana editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Walter de Gruyter & Co text bibliography Electronic books. Encyclopedia encyclopedias. annotated bibliographies. Annotated bibliographies Bibliographies Encyclopedias Literary criticism Reference works Encyclopedias. Annotated bibliographies. Reference works. Literary criticism. Encyclopédies. Bibliographies annotées. Ouvrages de référence. Critiques littéraires. gw 2021 2021 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (ix, 505 pages) The Handbook of Polish, Czech, and Slovak Holocaust Fiction aims to increase the visibility and show the versatility of works from East-Central European countries. It is the first encyclopedic work to bridge the gap between the literary production of countries that are considered to be main sites of the Holocaust and their recognition in international academic and public discourse. It contains over 100 entries offering not only facts about the content and motifs but also pointing out the characteristic fictional features of each work and its meaning for academic discourse and wider reception in the country of origin and abroad. The publication will appeal to the academic and broader public interested in the representation of the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and World War II in literature and the arts. Besides prose, it also considers poetry and theatrical plays from 1943 through 2018. An introduction to the historical events and cultural developments in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Czech, and Slovak Republic, and their impact on the artistic output helps to contextualise the motif changes and fictional strategies that authors have been applying for decades. The publication is the resu…