Elie Wiesel And The Art Of Storytelling Rosemary Horowitz Editor by Rosemary Horowitz (editor) 9780786482689, 9780786428694, 0786482680, 0786428694 instant download after payment.

Elie Wiesel is a master storyteller with the ability to use storytelling as a form of activism. From his landmark memoir Night to his novels and numerous retellings of Hasidic legends, Wiesel's literature emphasizes storytelling, and he frequently refers to himself as a storyteller rather than an author or historian.
 
In this work, essays examine Wiesel's roots in Jewish storytelling traditions; influences from religious, folk, and secular sources; education; Yiddish background; Holocaust experience; and writing style. Emphasized throughout is Wiesel's use of multiple sources in an effort to reach diverse audiences.
 
Table of Contents:
 
Preface
Introduction
Mosaics and Mirrors: Wiesel
American Autobiographies, and the Shaping of a Storied Subject (Zoe Trodd)
Creative Ambiguity in Wiesel's Storytelling (Rosemary Horowitz)
Elie Wiesel: Telling Stories of Children and Loss (Katherine Lagrandeur)
The Storyteller and His Quarrel with God (Alan L. Berger)
Wrestling with Oblivion: Wiesel's Autobiographical Storytelling as Midrash (Deborah Lee Ames)
The Maggid of Sighet: Jewish Contexts for Wiesel's Storytelling (David Patterson).