Literary Responses to Catastrophe A Comparison of the Armenian and the Jewish Experience

Explores how Armenian writers responded to the Ottoman Empire's attempt to exterminate their people in 1915-23, and compares the Jewish responses to the Holocaust. Finds that though there is much similarity between the two bodies of work, each draws on the world view, history, and archetypes of the culture, and must be considered within the larger literary heritage. All excerpts are in English. Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR