{"product_id":"9781666951110","title":"Figures of Youth Metaphor and Imagination in Children's Holocaust Literature","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Studies in Jewish Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFigures of Youth\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMetaphor and Imagination in Children's Holocaust Literature\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoanna Krongold\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Jewish Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Krongold explores how Holocaust literature for children and young adults imagines, narrates, communicates, and alters the facts of war, genocide, and trauma.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures of Youth \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes the literary strategies and stylistic tools that are used when attempting to represent the atrocity and enormity of the Holocaust for children. Joanna Krongold explores figurative dynamics \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003etellings and retellings of the Holocaust that rely on metaphor and imagination rather than strictly literal techniques. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning chronological time periods, cultures, and genres, this book charts patterns of representation as time propels authors farther away from the event itself, demonstrating how and why children's literature makes important contributions to the field of Holocaust studies. By placing well-known texts like Anne Frank's diary in conversation with those that have been excluded or ignored in scholarly discourse surrounding Holocaust literature, the author offers a new and innovative understanding of metaphor and figurative dynamics in the representation of genocide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanna Krongold\u003c\/b\u003e is an instructor and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 October 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781666951110\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340105597068,"sku":"9781666951110","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_04f566ac-75f1-4ad8-8e33-97a63c6ad411.jpg?v=1788035116","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781666951110","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}