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The Trace of Judaism: Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas (Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian Literature (Hardcover))
Val Vinokur
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Hardcover. The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality. This title addresses this characteristic through the thought of the Lithuanianborn Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; HPQ; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality. ""The Trace of Judaism"" addresses this characteristic through the thought of the Lithuanianborn Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Steeped in the Russian classics from an early age, Levinas drew significantly from Dostoevsky in his ethical thought; and one can profitably read Russian literature through Levinas, and vice versa.Vinokur links new readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Levinas, to ask: How does Judaism haunt Russian literature? In what ways is Levinas' ethics as ""Russian"" as it is arguably ... Read more
The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality. ""The Trace of Judaism"" addresses this characteristic through the thought of the Lithuanianborn Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. Steeped in the Russian classics from an early age, Levinas drew significantly from Dostoevsky in his ethical thought; and one can profitably read Russian literature through Levinas, and vice versa.Vinokur links new readings of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Isaac Babel, and Osip Mandelstam to the work of Levinas, to ask: How does Judaism haunt Russian literature? In what ways is Levinas' ethics as ""Russian"" as it is arguably ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810152083
SKU
V9780810152083
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About Val Vinokur
Val Vinokur is an assistant professor of comparative literature at Eugene Lang College/The New School. He lives in Brooklyn.
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