Reading Etty Hillesum in Context / / Klaas Smelik, Gerrit van Oord, Jurjen Wiersma.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• TeilnehmendeR: Smelik, Klaas,; Wiersma, Jurjen,; van Oord, Gerrit,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) have a special place among the Jewish-Dutch testimonies of the Shoah, so much so that Etty Hillesum studies has become its own field. This book offers the most important contributions from the past fifteen years of international research into Hillesum's work and life, studying her ethical, philosophical, spiritual, and literary existential search.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Short Biography of Etty Hillesum (1914-1943) / Smelik, Klaas A.D. -- The Diaries -- 2. To Remember Is to Act / Smelik, Klaas A.D. -- 3. Hineinhorchen and Writing / Clement, Marja -- War and Persecution -- 4. Etty Hillesum's Choice Not to Go into Hiding / Smelik, Klaas A.D. -- 5. Agency within Nazi Constraints / Bergen, Lotte -- 6. One Ought to Write a Chronicle of Westerbork / Wiersma, Jurjen -- 7. The Departure / Oord, Gerrit Van -- Reading and Writers -- 8. "Aesthetic Mirrors" / Coetsier, Meins G.S. -- 9. "I Keep Being Drawn towards Jung" / Molen, Janny van der -- 10. "To Realize That Life Is Truly Simple" / Wiersma, Jurjen -- Family and Friends -- 11. Romance Down by The River IJssel -- 12. Etty Hillesum, A Devoted Student of Julius Spier / Nagel, Alexandra H.M. -- 13. "With You, I Have My Anchorage" / Nagel, Alexandra / Costa, Denise de -- 14. "Three Times Yes and a Thousand Fold No!" / Nagel, Alexandra / Brandt, Ria van den -- Reception of Hillesum's Diaries and Letters -- 15. Etty Hillesum in Jewish Contexts / Schrijvers, Piet -- 16. From Separation to Communitas / Klein, Thalia Gur- -- 17. The Invincible Hope of Christian de Chergé and Etty Hillesum / Bériault, Yves -- 18. Etty Hillesum / Evans, Mary -- 19. America in The Shade / Krabbendam, Hans -- 20. Perceptions of Etty Hillesum in Japan / Yokohata, Yukiko -- 21. Saint, Cyber Phenomenon, Thinker, or Poet / Couto, Patricia -- 22. Bright Orange and Crimson / Costa, Denise de -- 23. Ulrich Beck and Etty Hillesum / Smelik, Klaas A.D. -- 24. Loving-Kindness, Hatred, and Moral Indignation / Commers, Ronald -- 25. A Woman's All-Embracing Search of "the Other" / Pentini, Anna Aluffi -- Acknowledgements -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Citations