Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

by Victoria Stewart
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Publication Date: 24/12/2022

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Literature and Justice in Mid Twentieth Century Britain: Crime and War Crimes examines how ideas about crime, criminality, and judicial procedure that had developed in a domestic context influenced the representation and understanding of war crimes trials, victims of war crimes, and war criminals in post-Second World War Britain. The representation of Belsen concentration camp and the subsequent British-run trial of its personnel are a particular focal point. Drawing on a range of source material including life-writing, journalism, and detective fiction, as well as criminological and sociological works from this period, this book explains why the fate of the Jews and other victims of the Nazis was sometimes brought starkly into focus and sometimes marginalised in public discourse at this period. What remain are glimpses of the events now called the Holocaust, but glimpses that can be as powerful and as meaningful as more direct or explicit representations.

ISBN:
9780192674029
9780192674029
Category:
War crimes
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
24-12-2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
OUP Oxford

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