| The Legacy of Primo Levi 2005 Edition Contributor(s): Pugliese, S. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1403966451 ISBN-13: 9781403966452 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: These essays examine how Primo Levi has influenced the fields of philosophy, politics, and ethics, offering provocative comparisons with Dante, Giorgio Agamben, Franz Kafka, Emmanuel Levinas, Viktor Frankl, and Elie Wiesel. Topics include Levi's anti-fascism; the influence of Judaism on his thinking and writing; Levi's poetry and linguistics; the problem of memory and representation; the concept of the "gray zone"; and the controversy surrounding Levi's death. A unique perspective on the life and work of a writer who powerfully reminds us of what transpired in the extermination camps of Europe and what it means to be human after Auschwitz. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - History | Europe - General - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 853.914 |
| Series: Italian and Italian American Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.92" W x 8.66" (0.97 lbs) 275 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection represents some of the latest research on Primo Levi, the famous Auschwitz survivor Italian author, in the field of Italian Studies, Holocaust Studies, Jewish Studies, literary theory, philosophy, and ethics. The author has collected an impressive group of scholars, including Ian Thomson, who has published a well-received biography of Levi in the UK (a US edition is due this year); Alexander Stille, who is a staff writer got the New Yorker as well as for the New York Times (he is also the author of Benevolence and Betrayal: Five Italian Jewish Families under Fascism ); and David Mendel, who knew Levi and had an extensive correspondence with the Italian writer. There are four essays on Levi's complex and fertile theory of the 'Gray Zone' and further essays on the myriad aspects of this thought. This is an excellent collection with new perspectives and interpretations of the life and work of Primo Levi. |