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From Germany to England: Girls in Exile in the Works of Judith Kerr and Irene N. Watts

McGillicuddy, Áine (2016) From Germany to England: Girls in Exile in the Works of Judith Kerr and Irene N. Watts. In: Brinson, Charmian and Hammel, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0002-6764-923X, (eds.) Exile and Gender 1. Yearbook of the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, 17 . Brill, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 188-206. ISBN 978-90-04-31379-8

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Abstract

This essay examines the differing experiences of girls growing up in exile from Nazi Germany in two fictional works, Out of the Hitler Time: One Family’s Story and Escape from Berlin, based on the real life experiences of children’s authors, Judith Kerr and Irene N. Watts. Blending the biographical, the historical and the literary, what emerges is a study of how these young refugees negotiate new linguistic and cultural spaces and cope with everyday life in unfamiliar environments. The often unstable nature of life in exile will be explored against the backdrop of the loss of language, home and citizenship.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Humanities > Literature
DCU Faculties and Centres:UNSPECIFIED
Publisher:Brill
Official URL:https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004313804_016
Copyright Information:© 2016 Brill
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:26875
Deposited On:31 Mar 2022 13:11 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 31 Mar 2022 13:11

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