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Summary:

Francine Prose argues that the diary of Anne Frank is as much a deliberate work of art as it is an historical record, noting its literary merits and thoroughly investigating the diary's unique afterlife as one of the world's most read, and banned, books.

Table of Contents:

• Pt. I. The Life
• 1. The Book, The Life, The Afterlife
• 2. The Life
• Pt. II. The Book
• 3. The Book, Part I
• 4. The Book, Part II
• 5. The Book, Part III
• Pt. III. The Afterlife
• 6. The House
• 7. The Play
• 8. The Film
• 9. Denial
• Pt. IV. Anne Frank in the Schools
• 10. Teaching the Diary
• 11. Bard College, 2007
• Some Notes on the Text.

Author/Creator:

Prose, Francine, 1947-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Anne Frank: the book, the life, the afterlife [by Prose, F.]

Subjects:

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 — Achterhuis

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 — Writing skill

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Personal narratives — Netherlands — Amsterdam — History and criticism

Creative writing

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 — Authorship

Frank, Anne, 1929-1945

Achterhuis (Frank, Anne)

Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)

1939-1945

Authorship

Netherlands — Amsterdam

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Personal narratives

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 22 cm

Call Numbers:

DS135.N6 F73525 2009

ISBNs:

9780061430794
006143079X

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009017703

OCLC Numbers:

310398952