Holocaust Studies: Films and Literature
Films
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Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema by Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 0810879867Publication Date: 2012-04-01The Historical Dictionary of Holocaust Cinema examines the history of how the Holocaust is presented in film, including documentaries, feature films, and television productions. It contains a chronology of events needed to give the films and their reception a historical context, an introductory essay, a bibliography, a filmography of more than 600 titles, and over 100 cross-referenced dictionary entries on films, directors, and historical figures. Foreign language films and experimental films are included, as well as canonical films.
Holocaust Cinema Complete by Call Number: PN1995.9 .H53B76 2021ISBN: 9781476684161Publication Date: 2021-10-30A comprehensive guide to more than 400 films are examined from a range of perspectives--historical, chronological, thematic, sociological, geographical and individual. The filmmakers are contextualized and recommendations and reviews of the 50 best Holocaust films are included, along with an educational guide.- The Holocaust Film Sourcebook (2 Vols.) byCall Number: Z6374 .H6H66 2004ISBN: 0275978508Publication Date: 2004A comprehensive filmography, listing fictional narrative films in the first volume and documentary and propaganda films in the second. The films - listed alphabetically - were produced in many different countries. The work lists films made during World War II and after (including Nazi films). Each entry provides bibliographic information, a summary of the story, and a list of primary and secondary sources.
Literature
- Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature byCall Number: Online resourceISBN: 1429475684Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Works. 2 Volumes by Call Number: PN56 .H55H66 2003ISBN: 0415929857Publication Date: 2002-12-20300 alphabetically organized bio-critical essays on writers of memoirs, novels, poetry, short stories, and drama, ranging in length from 1,500 to 7,000 words, this comprehensive scholarly work presents a broad spectrum of voices remembering, interpreting, and reinterpreting one of the twentieth century's most politically and emotionally charged events. For a full list of entries, sample entries, and more, visit the website Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work website.
Holocaust Novelists by Call Number: Online resourceISBN: 9781414404387Publication Date: 2004-07-24Award-winning multi-volume series dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible. Reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, which places writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Dictionary of Literary Biography systematically presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.
