At Memory's Edge James E. Young

Name: At Memory's Edge By James E. Young
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At Memory's Edge by James E. Young

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Summary

James Young explores Germany's fraught efforts to memorialize the Holocaust, and also asks how late 20th century artists can remember an event they never knew directly but which is shaped through images in films, photographs and museums.

At Memory's Edge Summary

At Memory's Edge: After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture by James E. Young

At Memory's Edge Reviews

"The brilliance of James Young's theoretical insights is matched by his outstanding knowledge of the vast array of representations of the Shoah and by his artistic and literary sensitivity. This will become an influential book." Saul Friedldnder

About James E. Young

James E. Young, professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, is also the author of The Texture of Memory (ISBN 0 300 05991 4, pb. #16.95), published by Yale University Press and winner of the National Jewish Book Award.

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GOR009229231

ISBN 13

9780300080322

ISBN 10

0300080328

Title

At Memory's Edge: After-images of the Holocaust in Contemporary Art and Architecture by James E. Young

Author

James E. Young

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Yale University Press

Year published

2000-03-11

Number of pages

252

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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us