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In the Context of His Times
Norman Simms
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Description for In the Context of His Times
Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 753.
From the very moment Alfred Dreyfus was placed under arrest for treason and espionage, his entire world was turned upside down, and for the next five years he lived in what he called a phantasmagoria. To keep himself sane, Dreyfus wrote letters to and received letters from his wife Lucie and exercised his intellect through reading the few books and magazines his censors allowed him, writing essays on these and other texts he had read in the past, and working out problems in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. He practiced his English and created strange drawings his prison wardens called architectural ... Read more
From the very moment Alfred Dreyfus was placed under arrest for treason and espionage, his entire world was turned upside down, and for the next five years he lived in what he called a phantasmagoria. To keep himself sane, Dreyfus wrote letters to and received letters from his wife Lucie and exercised his intellect through reading the few books and magazines his censors allowed him, writing essays on these and other texts he had read in the past, and working out problems in mathematics, physics, and chemistry. He practiced his English and created strange drawings his prison wardens called architectural ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Brighton, United States
ISBN
9781618112361
SKU
V9781618112361
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Ref
99-15
About Norman Simms
Norman Simmsis associate professor in the department of humanities and English at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. He is the author of Festival of Laughter, Blood and Justice in Biblical and Classica Literature, Marranos on the Moradas: Secret Jews and Penitentes in the Southwestern United States from 1590-1890, andAlfred Dreyfus: Man, Milieu, Mentality, and Midrash.
Reviews for In the Context of His Times
“This is a remarkable, stimulating and indeed paradigmatic book. . . . The work is well worth reading and utterly absorbing. . . . Simms has succeeded in the task he set himself – ‘to tease (Dreyfus) out from his various writings.’”
Raymond Apple
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies
Raymond Apple
Australian Journal of Jewish Studies