A Modernist in Exile: The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988)

Lynn L. Wolff

A Modernist in Exile
The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988)

Edited by Lynn L. Wolff

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Studies In Comparative Literature 42

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23 April 2019 • 278pp

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H. G. Adler (Prague, 1910–London, 1988), a survivor of Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and two other Nazi concentration camps, is unique for his scholarly and creative approach to the traumas of the Second World War. While Adler became a pioneer in the now well-established field of Holocaust studies, he was nearly forgotten as a prolific author of poetry and prose. The tables have turned in recent years. English translations of his major fictional works have led to an international literary reception. At the same time, his groundbreaking historical work deserves renewed attention.

This edited volume elucidates Adler's complex reception history and is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary publication that responds to his new international acclaim. In addition to offering innovative perspectives on Adler's individual works, the major intervention of the volume is the examination and contextualization of Adler's significant contributions to literary modernism and scholarly investigations of persecution and genocide under National Socialism.

Lynn L. Wolff is Associate Professor of German Studies and Affiliate Faculty of the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel at Michigan State University.

Reviews:

‘A very impressive collection of moving and thought-provoking essays... Because the contributors to this book have such detailed and specialized knowledge of H. G.’s life and work, and such a masterly ability to contextualize his wide-ranging achievement and relate their new work to earlier critical work, they set a new standard in Adler scholarship. Consequently this fascinating volume will doubtless enhance H. G.’s reputation both as an intellectual and as a writer of prose fiction, and become necessary reading for anyone who has any kind of interest in him and his work.’ — Richard Sheppard, Journal of European Studies 50.3, Autumn 2020, 295–301 (full text online)
‘This volume dedicated to H.G. Adler will prove edifying to seasoned scholars and newcomers alike... In contrast to Adorno, who - similar to many postmodernists - collapses traditions of value into barbarity and admits no distinction between the two, Adler struggles to maintain, describe, and explain the possibility of human goodness in the face of overwhelming evil. It is certainly true for Adler that in the world of the camps much, if not most, of the ability for ethical action was destroyed - but not all. And since this is true, Adler’s work challenges his readers to face the truth in its entirety and to define the scale of human value they will adhere to in the face of barbarity.’ — Traci S. O’Brien, Monatshefte 112.4, Winter 2020, 747-50

Contents:

ix-xii	Notes On the Contributors Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.3	Cite
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xiii-xiii	Acknowledgements L. L. W. doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.4	Cite
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xiv-xxii	Foreword Jeremy Adler doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.5	Cite
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3-21	Chapter 1 Framing H. G. Adler: A Survivor, Scholar, and Author in the Wake of the Shoah Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.6	Cite
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22-24	Chapter 2 H. G. Adler’s Shoah Trilogy Christopher R. Browning doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.7	Cite
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25-32	Chapter 3 Two Memoirs of the Camps: Primo Levi and H. G. Adler Peter Pulzer doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.8	Cite
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35-47	Chapter 4 H. G. Adler’s England: Eindrücke Eines Ahnungslosen in the Context of Exile Writing Anthony Grenville doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.9	Cite
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48-61	Chapter 5 the Displaced Modernist Peter Filkins doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.10	Cite
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62-78	Chapter 6 H. G. Adler’s ‘Grenzgängertum’: Trans-Border Travel Between Enlightenment Epistemology and Modernist Representation Kirstin Gwyer doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.11	Cite
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81-99	Chapter 7 Poetry in Exile — H. G. Adler’s Dialogue With Past and Present Katrin Kohl doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.12	Cite
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100-110	Chapter 8 Irony and Black Humour in H. G. Adler’s Holocaust Fiction Eine Reise John White doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.13	Cite
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111-117	Chapter 9 H. G. Adler’s Panorama and the Bildungsroman Tradition Martin Swales doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.14	Cite
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118-132	Chapter 10 ‘To Be Human Is To Have A Border, and To Want To Cross It Through Letters’: Letters and Letter Writers in H. G. Adler’s Novel the Wall Julia Menzel doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.15	Cite
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135-152	Chapter 11 ‘Order in Disorder’: Understanding Nazi Law With H. G. Adler Olivier Jouanjan doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.16	Cite
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153-168	Chapter 12 A Mystic Among the Intellectuals: H. G. Adler in Debate With Jean Améry and Hannah Arendt Jeremy Adler doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.17	Cite
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169-186	Chapter 13 the Jews in Germany: H. G. Adler As A Public Historian Michael Schaich doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.18	Cite
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187-199	Chapter 14 the Reception of H. G. Adler’s Eine Reise in the Federal Republic of Germany Ruth Vogel-Klein doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.19	Cite
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200-215	Chapter 15 H. G. Adler As Modernist Historiographer in North America Julia Creet doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.20	Cite
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216-225	H. G. Adler: A Chronology Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.21	Cite
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226-242	Bibliography Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.22	Cite
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243-247	Index of Names Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.23	Cite
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248-256	Index of Subjects Lynn Wolff doi:10.2307/j.ctv16km16j.24	Cite
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Wolff, Lynn L. (ed.), A Modernist in Exile: The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988), Studies In Comparative Literature, 42 (Cambridge: Legenda, 2019)

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A Modernist in ExileThe International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988)

Edited by Lynn L. Wolff

A Modernist in Exile
The International Reception of H. G. Adler (1910-1988)