TY - JOUR
T1 - Not the witness we wished for: Testimony in Jonathan Littell's Kindly Ones
T2 - Testimony in Jonathan Littell's Kindly Ones
AU - Razinsky, Liran
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2010/6/1
Y1 - 2010/6/1
N2 - This essay examines Jonathan Littell's novel The Kindly Ones (Les bienveillantes) as a project of bearing witness. It turns a critical eye on the role played by the poetics of excess and transgression, on the novel's historical aspects (dates, events, and other details), and on the interplay among them; it inquires as well into the literary construction of testimonial authority.
AB - This essay examines Jonathan Littell's novel The Kindly Ones (Les bienveillantes) as a project of bearing witness. It turns a critical eye on the role played by the poetics of excess and transgression, on the novel's historical aspects (dates, events, and other details), and on the interplay among them; it inquires as well into the literary construction of testimonial authority.
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U2 - 10.1215/00267929-2010-004
DO - 10.1215/00267929-2010-004
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SN - 0026-7929
VL - 71
SP - 175
EP - 196
JO - Modern Language Quarterly
JF - Modern Language Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -