Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain: Crimes and War Crimes

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Victoria Stewart (Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, University of Leicester)

Literature and Justice in Mid-Twentieth-Century Britain

Crimes and War Crimes

Victoria Stewart (Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, University of Leicester)

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Oxford University Press
19 January 2023

Literary studies: from c 1900 -; The Holocaust; War crimes

Series: Oxford Mid-Century Studies Series

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.

By: Victoria Stewart (Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature University of Leicester)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 224mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780192858238
ISBN 10: 0192858238
Series: Oxford Mid-Century Studies Series
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 19 January 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Introduction 1: Publishing and Publicising the Belsen Trial 2: Constructing Criminality in the Work of Derrick Sington 3: Memoir, Biography, and Justice 4: Holocaust Survivors and Refugees in 1940s Detective Fiction Conclusion Bibliography

Victoria Stewart is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the School of Arts, University of Leicester, UK. She has published widely on war writing and crime writing.