Mapping after the Holocaust: The "Atlases" of Adrienne Rich and Gerhard Richter

Authors
Jacobs, JS
Citation
Js. Jacobs, Mapping after the Holocaust: The "Atlases" of Adrienne Rich and Gerhard Richter, MOSAIC, 32(4), 1999, pp. 111-127
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Literature
Journal title
MOSAIC-A JOURNAL FOR THE INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY OF LITERATURE
ISSN journal
00271276 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
111 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-1276(199912)32:4<111:MATHT">2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
In their representations of the Holocaust, Adrienne Rich and Gerhard Richte r conjoin various artistic media to place its "unspeakable" history within an encyclopedic vision of contemporary culture. Focusing on the concept of "witnessing", this essay explores how their respective strategies reflect d ifferent attitudes about the ethics of such depictions.