Product Description: When representing the Holocaust, the slightest hint of narrative embellishment strikes contemporary audiences as somehow a violation against those who suffered under the Nazis. This anxiety is, at least in part, rooted in Theodor Adorno's dictum that "To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric...read more

Product Description: When attempting to represent a catastrophic event in history the tendency is to disavowal the event by referring to it as unimaginable, or otherwise such events are assigned to the domain of fiction or fantasy. For example, in response to 9/11 and the images of the planes flying into buildings, many responded it was like I was watching a movie...read more