| Edmond Jabès and the Archaeology of the Book: Text, Pre-Texts, Contexts Contributor(s): Wygoda Frank, Tsivia (Author) |
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ISBN: 3110629550 ISBN-13: 9783110629552 Publisher: de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $109.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | European - French |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.15 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book offers a fresh reflection on The Book of Questions by the French-Egyptian Jewish writer Edmond Jab s and its readings, and proposes to re-contextualize this enigmatic writing through the lens of the author's manuscripts. Addressed are the main prisms through which Jab s' oeuvre has been read since its publication in 1963: Jewishness, the Shoah, intertextuality with Midrash and Kabbalah, hermeticism and interpretation. It analyzes their shapes and their becoming in the work-in-progress, reveals the dynamics and the contexts of their evolution from the pre-texts to the text and beyond, and reflect on the relationship between creation, interpretation, and writing as a process. It seeks to question and rethink accepted readings of The Book of Questions and to challenge our reading of enigmatic writing. |