Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality [Paperback]

Denise de Costa (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1998

Anne Frank And Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality And Sexuali by De Costa, Denise

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A sophisticated analysis of these two writers which will make a genuine contribution to our understanding of the Holocaust..." -- Suzanne Juhasz, author of Reading From the Heart: Women, Literature, and the Search for True Love

"In this interesting study, Denise de Costa offers a challenging reading of Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum..." -- Rachel F. Brenner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of Writing as Resistance, Four Women Confronting the Holocaust: Edith Stein, Simone Weil, Anne Frank, and Etty Hillesum

Language Notes

Text: English
Original Language: Dutch --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press (August 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0813525500
• ISBN-13: 978-0813525501
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,087,009 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A landmark!, March 19, 2002

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This review is from: Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality (Paperback)

Denise de Costa has written a valuable and extraordinarily
intelligent interpretation of Anne Frank the individual behind the writer, as she presented herself in her original diaries and then in the revised manuscript she prepared in hiding. Reading between these texts de Costa's insights are dazzling, critical and thought provoking: she examines Anne's motivation to write, her growing dependency on the diary, her unfolding maturity and her troubled relationship with her mother. This is a compelling book and a major contribution to our understanding of Anne Frank.

4 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars An Abomination!, July 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality (Paperback)

I have seen some wretched books on the market in my day, but nothing, absolutely nothing, is as offensive and as crass as this. First of all, psychoanalysis is not a science, which makes these authors' approach to Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum's respective ordeals cheap enough, but even with that, it's an abomination to put two women who were victims of the Holocaust under such horrific, over-analyzed scrutiny. As Richard Nixon once said, "I don't mind when people put me under a microscope, but when they use a proctoscope, that's going too far." Indeed! This book is so bad it's unbelievable.

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars maganifcent book!, September 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality (Paperback)

the book about anne frank is truely marvalous! A wondfull biography for a teenager or young adult! Defently mworth reading!

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