Holocaust literature is recognized as a major postwar literary genre but thereis little consensus as to its generic definition. As an addition to the Genresin C... » 

Holocaust literature is recognized as a major postwar literary genre but thereis little consensus as to its generic definition. As an addition to the Genresin Context series The Holocaust Novel provides the first comprehensivegeneric study of Holocaust literature. This studentfriendly volume answers adire need for readers to understand a genre in which boundaries are oftenblurred between history fiction autobiography and memoir. The HolocaustNovel offers a student guide to holocaust literature along with an annotatedbibliography chronology and further reading list. Major texts discussedinclude such widely taught works as Night Maus The Shawl SchindlersList Sophies Choice White Noise and Times Arrow. «