The holocaust as vicarious past: Art spiegelman's maus and the afterimages of history

Critical Inquiry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 666-698

  Young, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

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EID: 61649105527     PISSN: 00931896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/448890     Document Type: Article

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3. Art Spiegelman, Maus: A Survivor's Tale, 2 vols. (New York, 1986, 1991), 2:135
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