Publications

Authors:

Carpi, Daniela

Title:

Fables of the Holocaust: Hansel and Gretel

Year:

2016

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

Fables of the Law. Fairy Tales in a Legal Context.

Page numbers:

309-330

Keyword:

holocaust fiction, Hansel and Gretel, children's rights, human rights, human dignity

Short description of contents:

In the vast domain of Holocaust literature, this essay focuses on a group of novels whose plots evoke the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". In the Brothers Grimm's collection this is one of the darkest tales. In the novels analysed in this essay, the story becomes a metaphor for the violation of children's rights and human dignity.

Product ID:

99393

Handle IRIS:

11562/970288

Last Modified:

August 21, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Carpi, Daniela, Fables of the Holocaust: Hansel and Gretel Fables of the Law. Fairy Tales in a Legal Context. , 2016 , pp. 309-330

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