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Crisis presents chances for change and creativity: Adorno's famous dictum that writing poetry after Auschwitz would be barbaric has haunted discourse on poetics, but has also given rise to poetic and theoretical acts of resistance. The essays in this volume discuss postwar poetics in terms of new poetological directions and territory rather than merely destruction of traditions. Embedded in the discourse triggered by Adorno, the volume's foci include the work of Paul Celan, Gottfried Benn, and Ingeborg Bachmann. Other German writers discussed are Ilse Aichinger, Rose Ausländer, Charlotte Beradt, Thomas Kling, Heiner Müller, and Nelly Sachs; concrete poetry is also treated. The final section offers comparative views of the poetics of European literary figures such as Jean Paul Sartre, André Malraux, and Danilo Kis and a consideration of the aesthetics of Claude Lanzmann's film 'Shoah.' Contributors: Chris Bezzel, Manuel Bragança, Gisela Dischner, Rüdiger Görner, Stefan Hajduk, Gert Hofmann, Aniela Knoblich, Rachel MagShamhráin, Marton Marko, Elaine Martin, Barry Murnane, Marko Pajevic, Tatjana Petzer, Renata Plaice, Annette Runte, Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa, Michael Shields, Peter Tame. Gert Hofmann is a Lecturer in German, Comparative Literature, Drama, and Film and Rachel MagShamhráin is a Lecturer in German, Film, and Comparative Literature, both at University College Cork; Marko Pajevic is a Lecturer in German at Queen's University Belfast; Michael Shields is a Lecturer in German at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

German poetry --- Poetics --- European poetry --- History and criticism. --- History --- Claude Lanzmann. --- European literary figures. --- Gottfried Benn. --- Holocaust. --- Ingeborg Bachmann. --- Paul Celan. --- concrete poetry. --- creativity. --- crisis. --- film Shoah. --- poetical responses. --- poetological directions. --- postwar poetics. --- theoretical responses.

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The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-serving and harmful to fellow inmates. Such controversial figures constitute an intrinsically important, frequently misunderstood, and often taboo aspect of the Holocaust. Drawing on Primo Levi's concept of the "grey zone," this study analyzes the passing of moral judgment on "privileged" Jews as represented by w

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Holocauste, 1939-1945 --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- Influence. --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Collaborationists --- Influence --- Aspect moral --- Collaborateurs --- Levi, Primo --- Criticism and interpretation. --- 2ème guerre mondiale --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence. --- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Levi, Primo -- Criticism and interpretation. --- World War, 1939-1945 -- Collaborationists -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Levi, Primo. --- Levi, Primo, --- History --- Holocaust ethics --- collaboration --- Claude Lanzmann --- Primo Levi --- Auschwitz concentration camp --- Czerniaków --- Jews --- Judenrat --- Nazism --- Raul Hilberg --- Sonderkommando --- The Holocaust