The Impossible Legacy: Identity and Purpose in Autobiographical Children's Literature Set in the Third Reich and the Second World War
Book Description
This comparative study explores purpose and identity in the revision of wartime childhoods by German, Jewish and British writers addressing a child or adolescent audience. Autobiographical accounts published between 1970 and 1995 form part of a general reassessment of the past which was taking place at personal and national levels. For many authors the legacy of the war years presents narrative di... More
Book Information
Publisher | Peter Lang Publishing |
Binding | Paperback (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 258 |
ISBN-10 | 0820442089 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0820442082 |
Publication Date | 12/1998 |
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