Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

by Robert S.C. Gordon

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This book explores the extraordinary depth of Levi the ethical writer across his entire oeuvre, by way of thirteen so-called "ordinary virtues"--the ways and means Levi forges for practically and compassionately engaging with the world. It draws on a wide range of recent thinking about Holocaust literature and the general relationship between literature and ethics.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198159633

ISBN13:9780198159636

Release Date:December 2001

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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European Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences World Literature

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