'The Black Book: John Berryman's Holocaust Requiem'

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This essay looks in detail at an unfinished cycle of Holocaust poems called The Black Book that was begun by the American poet John Berryman in 1948. The essay includes close readings of three published poems and analysis of unpublished material from the Berryman archive. It also considers Berryman's use of Holocaust testimony. Drawing on Susan Gubar's concept of 'proxy-witnessing', this essay argues that Berryman's unfinished cycle highlights some of the distinct challenges of Holocaust representation, occupying an uneasy middle ground between language and silence.

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Item Type:	Book Section
Authors/Creators:	Boswell, MJ
Editors:	Coleman, P McGowan, P
Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information:	© 2007, Rodophi. This is an author produced version of a chapter published in After Thirty Falls: New Essays on John Berryman. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Dates:	Published: 2007
Institution:	The University of Leeds
Academic Units:	The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds)
Depositing User:	Symplectic Publications
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2012 11:07
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2016 01:44
Status:	Published
Publisher:	Rodopi
Series Name:	Studies in Literature
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:74548

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