European Memories of the Second World War

Published by Berghahn Books 1999

European Memories of the Second World War

Edited by: Helmut Peitsch , Charles Burdett and Claire Gorrara

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781782389637

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About this book

During the fifty years since the end of hostilities, European literary memories of the war have undergone considerable change, influenced by the personal experiences of writers as well as changing political, social, and cultural factors. This volume examines changing ways of remembering the war in the literatures of France, Germany, and Italy; changes in the subject of memory, and in the relations between fiction, autobiography, and documentary, with the focus being on the extent to which shared European memories of the war have been constructed.

Author / Editor information

After having received his PhD and Habilitation from the Free University Berlin, Helmut Peitsch moved to Britain, where he held a number of academic positions. Since 1994, he has been Professor of European Studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Charles Burdett received his PhD from the University of Oxford and was appointed Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Claire Gorrara received her PhD from the University of Oxford and in 1994 was appointed Lecturer in French at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

After having received his PhD and Habilitation from the Free University Berlin, Helmut Peitsch moved to Britain, where he held a number of academic positions. Since 1994, he has been Professor of European Studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

Reviews

"There is no question that this is a timely volume ... [that] provide[s] a basis for a genuinely interdisciplinary, transnational comparative discussion ... [and] could represent an important point of reference for all discussions of how to conceptualize historical memory." · Robert Moeller, University of California, Irvine

"... a well focused collection of articles, all of which are of a good scholarly standard and some of which are strikingly original or illuminating." · Michael Kelly, University of Southampton

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION: STUDYING EUROPEAN LITERARY MEMORIES Helmut Peitsch Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
PART I THE GERMAN SOLDIER’S MEMORY
1 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FILTERS: MEMORIES OF WAR IN HEINRICH BÖLL’S FICTION AND NONFICTION J.H. Reid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART II THE RESISTANCE MEMORY
The Female Resister
2 ORDINARY HEROINES: RESISTANCE AND ROMANCE IN THE WAR FICTION OF ELSA TRIOLET Diana Holmes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
3 ‘THIS BOOK DOES NOT WANT TO BE A WORK OF ART. THIS BOOK IS TRUTH.’ THE DIARIES OF RUTH ANDREAS-FRIEDRICH Irmela von der Lühe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
4 A WOMAN’S PERSPECTIVE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY IN GIOVANNA ZANGRANDI’S RESISTANCE NARRATIVES Penny Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
The Male Resister
5 VERCORS – WRITING THE UNSPEAKABLE: FROM LE SILENCE DE LA MER (1942) TO LA PUISSANCE DU JOUR (1951) William Kidd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
6 ‘A HISTORY FULL OF HOLES’? FRANCE AND THE FRENCH RESISTANCE IN THE WORK OF STEPHAN HERMLIN Dennis Tate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
7 WAR, CIVIL WAR AND THE PROBLEM OF VIOLENCE IN CALVINO AND PAVESE Sarah Morgan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
8 IMAGINING LOSERS IN BUFALINO’S DICERIA DELL’UNTORE Peter Hainsworth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
PART III THE FASCIST’S MEMORY
9 MEMORY AND CHRONICLE: LOUIS-FERDINAND CÉLINE AND THE D’UN CHÂTEAU L’AUTRE TRILOGY Nicholas Hewitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
10 PORTRAIT OF THE POET AS A DEAD MAN. ERNST JÜNGER’S WRITING IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR: STRAHLUNGEN Justus Fetscher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
11 CHANGING IDENTITIES THROUGH MEMORY: MALAPARTE’S SELF-FIGURATIONS IN KAPUTT Charles Burdett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
PART IV THE VICTIM’S MEMORY
12 REVIEWING MEMORY: WIESEL, TESTIMONY AND SELF-READING Colin Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
13 PRIMO LEVI. THE DUTY OF MEMORY Robert Gordon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
14 LA DOULEUR: DURAS, AMNESIA AND DESIRE Emma Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
15 MYTH, MEMORY, TESTIMONY, JEWISHNESS IN GRETE WEIL’S MEINE SCHWESTER ANTIGONE Moray McGowan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
PART V THE MEDIA OF MEMORY: MAY 1968 AND CINEMA
16 L’ARMÉE DES OMBRES AND LE CHAGRIN ET LA PITIÉ: RECONFIGURATIONS OF LAW, LEGALITIES AND THE STATE IN POST-1968 FRANCE Margaret Atack Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
17 ALEXANDER KLUGE: GERMANY – AN EXPERIENCE OF WORDS AND IMAGES Klaus R. Scherpe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
18 FASCISM AND ANTI-FASCISM REVIEWED: GENERATIONS, HISTORY AND FILM IN ITALY AFTER 1968 David Forgacs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
PART VI WOMEN’S WRITING AND THE QUEST FOR THE FATHER
19 REMEMBERING THE COLLABORATING FATHER IN MARIE CHAIX’S LES LAURIERS DU LAC DE CONSTANCE AND EVELYNE LE GARREC’S LA RIVE ALLEMANDE DE MA MÉMOIRE Claire Gorrara Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
20 SEEING THE FATHER: MEMORY AND IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN ELISABETH PLESSEN’S MITTEILUNG AN DEN ADEL Anne Moss Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
21 INTIMATIONS OF PATRIARCHY: MEMORIES OF WARTIME JAPAN IN DACIA MARAINI’S BAGHERIA Judith Bryce Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
PART VII A CHILD’S MEMORY
22 A CHILD IN TIME: PATRICK MODIANO AND THE MEMORY OF THE OCCUPATION Alan Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
23 CHILDHOOD MEMORY AND MORAL RESPONSIBILITY: CHRISTA WOLF’S KINDHEITSMUSTER Chris Weedon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	238
24 STRATEGIES FOR REMEMBERING: AUSCHWITZ, MOTHER AND WRITING IN EDITH BRUCK Adalgisa Giorgio Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	247
PART VIII AFTER THE COLD WAR: EUROPEAN LITERATURE AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY
25 TRAUMA AND ABSENCE Omer Bartov Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
26 NONRATIONAL DISCOURSE IN A WORK OF REASON: PETER WEISS’S ANTI-FASCIST NOVEL DIE ÄSTHETIK DES WIDERSTANDS Robert Cohen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	272
27 FIFTY YEARS ON: GERMAN CHILDREN OF THE WAR REMEMBER Jost Hermand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
28 MEMORIES OF RESISTANCE, RESISTANCES OF MEMORY Luisa Passerini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	288
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	326

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 350
Keywords: History: World War II; Memory Studies

eBook

Published: March 1, 1999
ISBN: 9781782389637